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When a lonely, middle-aged Aussie long-distance truckie finds love online with a city girl, he must overcome his fear of losing what he loves most to win her heart.
In "Up in the Air", the love story is the "B" story, a complicating counterpoint to the "A" story. Ryan Bingham's objective goal is to make the million-mile club. In order to achieve that goal, he MUST stay in the air rather than be stuck at the home office firing people remotely in front of a compuRead more
In “Up in the Air”, the love story is the “B” story, a complicating counterpoint to the “A” story.
Ryan Bingham’s objective goal is to make the million-mile club. In order to achieve that goal, he MUST stay in the air rather than be stuck at the home office firing people remotely in front of a computer terminal. (And he achieves his “A” story objective goal, but because of his failure in the “B” story, it’s a hollow victory.)
So what’s your character’s “A” story and what is the “A” story objective goal? The love-relationship plot line isn’t usually the “A” story. Although it can be; the most congenial genre for that configuration is romantic comedy.
If the “A” story in your plot is about love, then what’s the counterpoint “B” story that relates to — and complicates — the “A” story?
See lessAlong with their pet turtle, a brother and sister duo encounter some of America?s most exciting historical figures while on a journey to collect jelly beans they accidentally spilled into a time portal.
What if the time-gimmick was a mysterious app rather than jelly beans? Say the inciting incident commences when the 9-year old downloads it onto the 12-year old's smartphone, taps the icon. Complications ensue. The primary story story line would be to clean up the mess in the space-time continuum. BRead more
What if the time-gimmick was a mysterious app rather than jelly beans? Say the inciting incident commences when the 9-year old downloads it onto the 12-year old’s smartphone, taps the icon. Complications ensue.
The primary story story line would be to clean up the mess in the space-time continuum. But a secondary story line could be to solve the mystery of the origins and original purpose of the app. Who wrote the code and why? Was it designed for travel along the space-time continuum, but because of a software bug it scrambles time — or is that a feature, not a bug?
(If you’re going to make a series out of the premise, you’re going to need multiple
story threads, are you not?)
fwiw.
See lessAlong with their pet turtle, a brother and sister duo encounter some of America?s most exciting historical figures while on a journey to collect jelly beans they accidentally spilled into a time portal.
Perhaps the age demographic will suspend disbelief and buy into the spilt beans that alter time for no other reason than they were spilled. But first you have to get your script past the gatekeepers, the story readers, and into the hands of the powers-that-be who can green light the project. Who areRead more
Perhaps the age demographic will suspend disbelief and buy into the spilt beans that alter time for no other reason than they were spilled. But first you have to get your script past the gatekeepers, the story readers, and into the hands of the powers-that-be who can green light the project. Who are all adults; who might ask the questions I have.
Good luck with your concept.
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