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When her husband dies, Jenny must block the unbearable pain of losing the man she loved with increasingly risky sexual adventures with a womanizer she hates.
Dear dpg, Thank you for sharing your experience as a grief counselor--your insights are very helpful. Without going into extensive details, I have tried to set up the story before the inciting incident to explain that there was a connection between the two main characters that breaks out when Jenny'Read more
Dear dpg,
Thank you for sharing your experience as a grief counselor–your insights are very helpful. Without going into extensive details, I have tried to set up the story before the inciting incident to explain that there was a connection between the two main characters that breaks out when Jenny’s husband dies. Although Jenny professes to hate John, I also try to set up a fascination with his lifestyle which helps explain the inciting incident. I think it meets your qualification of a character flaw that is lurking in her psyche. Based on your experience, would that make the inciting incident have more psychological credibility?
The idea for this screenplay, although not autobiographical, came from the personal experience of having several deaths of close family members around the time of my 25th wedding anniversary. It was such an odd feeling to celebrate a long-term, loving relationship with the reality of death all around. If I think I know anything about love after 25 years, it is that it is the exact opposite of what the literature describes as anhedonia. I would like to explore the idea of what would happen if a happily married woman loses her husband, feels the cold reality of anhedonia setting in, and runs like hell to get away. Certainly not the most noble response, but I think a very human and understandable reaction.
My biggest fear is that this story will be trivialized to something like “bored horny housewife goes on a series of sexcapades when her domineering husband dies.” I’m clearly out on a limb with this story idea, but I am hoping I can write in a way that is respectful of the true nature of the grieving process and with a logline that gives some idea of the true nature of the story.
As always, your comments are very helpful.
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Dear elizabethban, Your suggestions are very helpful. Thank you. I would like to try a little different take on this situation but it may not work. Please see my replies to dpg and Richiev for more information. I would welcome any additional feedback you would like to share.
Dear elizabethban,
Your suggestions are very helpful. Thank you. I would like to try a little different take on this situation but it may not work. Please see my replies to dpg and Richiev for more information. I would welcome any additional feedback you would like to share.
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Dear dpg, I think "commit suicide" would work well. I am trying for a logline where the main character uses sex as a temporary high to block the pain of her husband's loss. I would like to try to contrast the ultimately empty physical intimacy she has with John to the true, emotional intimacy she haRead more
Dear dpg,
I think “commit suicide” would work well. I am trying for a logline where the main character uses sex as a temporary high to block the pain of her husband’s loss. I would like to try to contrast the ultimately empty physical intimacy she has with John to the true, emotional intimacy she had with her husband.
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