So I had to write three to five pages of dialogue for a theatre project, and, since I can't read or write fiction, I went straight to my own experience for a topic. At first I wrote a little scene about some people around here, but I decided the dynamic there just didn't have the spin I wanted. Plus I wouldn't be able to let anybody here read it because it was too real and gave too much away. Also the scene changes and visual things I had in there would lend themselves more to film, and just wouldn't be possible on stage. But mostly it just didn't have the kind of feel I was looking for. So as I thought about what else I could write about, I inevitably turned to the subject of all the story time stories, and indeed the very content of such.
If you've read story time, the plot of this script will sound very familiar to you, even if you've just read story time's introductory page. But it's got a very different angle, and I play with time a little bit and bring in a lot of different elements. And of course I can't write more than a page without taking a shot at Christians, so that's in there, and a lot of deep psychological sort of play. I write what know, so the world of the play is close to my reality in it's form and dynamic because the dialogue I write is that which is familiar and common to me. It's based in the truth, but I had to change the roles of certain characters from actuality in order to put in the theme and psychological development that I wanted. It's written very much from an actor's perspective, and is very different in the way it should be performed than if the same story was written by a director type or playwright. It's heavy on action, blocking, and delivery, with very specific stage directions for such, and is light in its set and production specifications because that is not my background. It's romantic in the literary sense of the term, and it's message is very much in line with the romantic ideals of the nineteenth century, even though the style is modern and absurd. I've tried to balance the dark, heavy side of it with my trademark delightful quirk, and I think it worked out well. The story at least is coherent and I think I've got a decent framework.
The three pages are due tomorrow, so I'm turning in what I have, but I intend to lengthen and deepen it into a full play in the next little while, just for my own purposes. So I welcome you all to stop by my office and take a look at it, and give me feedback on not only the story but on whether I conveyed well the meaning and purpose of the peice. I would especially appreciate if you creative writing and screenwriting types gave me some professional criticism as I work on it.
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