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Amid a sweltering summer, five different souls first encounter adulthood as gentrification alters their community.
"an ambitious barrister falls in love with the son of a property developer while campaigning to save the town she grew up in from gentrification" I think ambitious is the wrong characteristic for the protagonist. Could it be someone who returns from boarding school and finds the town he/she grew upRead more
“an ambitious barrister falls in love with the son of a property developer while campaigning to save the town she grew up in from gentrification”
I think ambitious is the wrong characteristic for the protagonist. Could it be someone who returns from boarding school and finds the town he/she grew up in is changing? Perhaps she returns home because her parents died, leaving her disconnected from her roots, and the local community become the last vestiges of a family she desperately wants to cling to?
so -? “When her parents die tragically, a young BLANK returns home to find a town in the midst of an identity crisis and joins the fight to save the community she loves, only to fall for the child of the property developer at the centre of the debate”
adding the element of a gay romance might also help accentuate the themes of conservative vs. progressive values
See lessA couple take up rock climbing to work out their trust issues, but when they witness a murder half way up a 200 meter cliff, they become the killers next targets and must work together to get out alive.
Great comments all! Lots of food for thought... I guess the core of the story is the opposition of 4 central characters with very different relationships with?risk,? with climbing being a metaphor for more mundane risks and the need to trust both yourself and others in life. The characters are: A) ARead more
Great comments all! Lots of food for thought…
I guess the core of the story is the opposition of 4 central characters with very different relationships with?risk,? with climbing being a metaphor for more mundane risks and the need to trust both yourself and others in life. The characters are:
A) An inexperienced climber desperate to prove herself capable and trustworthy (both to herself and her partner)
B) Her boyfriend, an experienced climber who’s risk aversion and reluctance to trust people (due to past trauma) holds him back – including in his relationship with his partner
C) Their friend, an accomplished climber who appreciates the risks in climbing but doesn’t feel the need to go thrill seeking
D) A charismatic stranger who is a solo-climber through and a thrill seeker through and through – fully trusts themselves, but has no regard for others
A and B have obvious conflicts built into their relationship, which are played out in the way they climb together.
C and D represent different ends of the spectrum of attitudes to risk, and when D forces C into a situation that is unsafe (without consent) the inciting incident occurs.
In terms of fleshing out the narrative, I had hoped to develop and then play out a range of technical details relating to climbing so that the audience can fully appreciate the problems that develop and the ingenious ways A and B try to solve them
See lessAfter the only doctor in a small isolated village falls prey to a rising unsolvable disease–making the victim’s psyche that of farm animals–a vetenarian steps up to solve the mystery, only to discover a bigger conspiracy.
Love it! A meditation on the animal nature of man! What is the flaw of the veterinarian? perhaps they don't like humans? How about: "After a small town doctor is infected by a mystery illness?that causes humans to behave like animals, a human-hating veterinarian must solve the mystery before...STAKERead more
Love it! A meditation on the animal nature of man!
What is the flaw of the veterinarian? perhaps they don’t like humans?
How about: “After a small town doctor is infected by a mystery illness?that causes humans to behave like animals, a human-hating veterinarian must solve the mystery before…STAKES”
Feels like it needs some stakes to me, beyond the wellbeing of the people as this is not that motivating for the vet…maybe animals are also falling sick, and acting more like humans? If so, after a period of illness they could die, meaning that he has to solve the mystery before his beloved animals die in human ways.
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