The idea finds you

The idea finds you.

          I find that, as with most of my work, I tend to display a lot of what is happening with me at the time within my writing. However, I suppose, the true secret with writing a script (or anything for that matter), and take this with a grain of salt, is that it comes from understanding and experience. And I don’t mean experience as a measure of time but, rather, as a handle of ones lucidity.

            Now in my experience, from scripts I’ve written for student film projects, the ideas tend to come from my hermeneutical interpretation of various aspects within literature & film theory. I believe this bit of information is important because now that I am a man beyond my initial college years, I read for my own pleasure. Recently, I completed reading (for a 3^rd time) The End of the Affair by Graham Greene, a beautifully written novel about the plights of love & hate & God, to put it as simple as possible. Reading this over, and perhaps, reading this over now that I am 25 years old, has given me a deeper understanding on the book and the messages it conveys. Whether it’s a simple sentence on a single page or 4-pages of back-and-forth rhetoric, I find myself inspired; not influenced.

           

This is where I want to begin.

            I have been writing a couple of different scripts for the last 5 years but those hit too close to home, on a personal level, to complete at this time. However, I do wish to complete those stories and one way that I believe will be beneficial in helping me complete those stories, is harnessing the inspired feelings I felt while reading The End of the Affair and applying it to not only a script, but this blog as well. With that I began writing my first page and immediately I hit a brick wall -- nay, I hit a freakin’ titanium steel alloy wall. The story was coming out and it is there but a script from nothing? A script based on nothing that I, personally, experienced. A script popping up into my mind the way a bubble floats and pops from one moment to the next. To be honest, I don’t understand the script but I understand the story.

            This is why I have decided to open up my attempt at a feature-length script (based on The End of the Affair) to any who wish to assist in my comprehension of this non-linear process. I will be posting new scenes and updated scenes on a monthly basis with the hopes that, in-between posts, the feedback I receive will directly influence the focus of the overall script. A great script is never written alone, it is written with a little help of some friends or a little help from your memories. For a script like this I have no memories I can go back to for advice; help from some friends, however? This is where you come in! With both positive and negative feedback I know we can make a script that is not just mine but a beautiful effort from a web of strangers.

            With that said, you can expect my first scene within the month and from that point on, on a bi-weekly to monthly basis. With each scene I post I will also add a set of questions regarding parts within the scene that I am unsure of or that I believe could be made better but, of course, your responses are not confined to these questions.

I hope to hear from anyone who is willing to help. I am excited, for this idea, if taken seriously, can be something beautiful.