Day 6: A Script That Will Make You Move
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I enjoyed this one. A script that makes you move - my mind initially went to dance, or music or some sort of non-verbal romantic number, but I really wanted something that would feel energetic as you read it. Something to really get the heart racing. Whether or not I succeeded in this, is obviously up to you to decide.
Running seemed a good fit, but running alone wasn't enough. I wanted adrenaline, fear - a pursuit! But from what? Who is running? Who is chasing?
I then thought about Freddy.
Freddy is a character from a recent graphic fiction project I wrote for my MA - The 31st Day - a sort or eerily relevant quarantine piece about a small group having to survive together as a deadly infection ravages the world outside. When we end the story - Freddy has run off, escaping and abandoning his friends - those that survived at least! I thought it would be fun to find out what happened to him after he runs off into the distance. It gave me a character, a scenario, an antagonist, purpose and situation.
Admittedly the ending only really presented itself clearly after about a page and a half of writing, I went in blind not really knowing how the poor guy would meet his end.
But I quite like this. It's a fun slice of a bigger picture, and it was a real struggle to find a new take on zombies/infections/cannibals. It's a world I may come back to some day.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy Run and I'll see you back here tomorrow - for something REALLY fun. Something a little bit sci-fi, a little bit horror, a little bit classic literature, and something that needs Securing, Containing and Protecting. *hint hint*
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L0M5QZMhgFFKxfI9nHKMuplMvnPsjxLL/view?usp=sharing
I enjoyed this one. A script that makes you move - my mind initially went to dance, or music or some sort of non-verbal romantic number, but I really wanted something that would feel energetic as you read it. Something to really get the heart racing. Whether or not I succeeded in this, is obviously up to you to decide.
Running seemed a good fit, but running alone wasn't enough. I wanted adrenaline, fear - a pursuit! But from what? Who is running? Who is chasing?
I then thought about Freddy.
Freddy is a character from a recent graphic fiction project I wrote for my MA - The 31st Day - a sort or eerily relevant quarantine piece about a small group having to survive together as a deadly infection ravages the world outside. When we end the story - Freddy has run off, escaping and abandoning his friends - those that survived at least! I thought it would be fun to find out what happened to him after he runs off into the distance. It gave me a character, a scenario, an antagonist, purpose and situation.
Admittedly the ending only really presented itself clearly after about a page and a half of writing, I went in blind not really knowing how the poor guy would meet his end.
But I quite like this. It's a fun slice of a bigger picture, and it was a real struggle to find a new take on zombies/infections/cannibals. It's a world I may come back to some day.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy Run and I'll see you back here tomorrow - for something REALLY fun. Something a little bit sci-fi, a little bit horror, a little bit classic literature, and something that needs Securing, Containing and Protecting. *hint hint*
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L0M5QZMhgFFKxfI9nHKMuplMvnPsjxLL/view?usp=sharing
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