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High school senior Koa Cohen's battle with ritualistic OCD is replaced by a condition in which he cannot distinguish between his unsettling day dreams and reality.
First of all, I think the concept has real potential for an compelling character-driven story. I know people who have been clinically diagnosed with OCD; they're struggles and frustrations are heartbreaking. So I don't see the reason for switching his pathology from OCD to problems with distinguishiRead more
First of all, I think the concept has real potential for an compelling character-driven story. I know people who have been clinically diagnosed with OCD; they’re struggles and frustrations are heartbreaking.
So I don’t see the reason for switching his pathology from OCD to problems with distinguishing day dreams and reality. For one thing, in real life, OCD is not something that can be switched on and off. Medications may mitigate but do not remove the symptoms.
Why can’t he have BOTH? Couldn’t his day dreaming be a coping mechanism for the frustrations of OCD? Thus, his OCD could be the trigger for his day dreams?
And what Louise said. The logline needs to state an objective goal, something the character is struggling to achieve because or in spite of his psychological problems.
Best wishes with the concept.
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The reason I ask is because I read a story the other day about how more dating is done through the web these days. The article estimated that at least 10% of relationships get going through the web -- confirming both the credibility and topicality of your concept. Anyway, if there was one general psRead more
The reason I ask is because I read a story the other day about how more dating is done through the web these days. The article estimated that at least 10% of relationships get going through the web — confirming both the credibility and topicality of your concept.
Anyway, if there was one general psychological button that galvanized the couples interviewed into more than casual browsing it seems to have been a shared passion, a mutally consuming interest. It could be something of weighty like religion or politics. Or something of less existential import like, a sports team, a struggle to lose weight, a breed of dog, photography, tattoos.
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>>>He meets someone online that literally takes his breath away. How does her online profile and posting take his breath away? That is, out of all the candidates he is trolling on line, what is there about her that pushes his psychological button, galvanizes him into action? What is that psychologicRead more
>>>He meets someone online that literally takes his breath away.
How does her online profile and posting take his breath away? That is, out of all the candidates he is trolling on line, what is there about her that pushes his psychological button, galvanizes him into action? What is that psychological button?
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