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What do you think of this as an idea for a play?

Mon, 20 Apr 2009, 02:40 pm
Daniel M42 posts in thread
Hi guys. I'm a writer constantly developing new ideas for stories. This is one I came up with last month and am wondering what you think, whether you think I should pursue it? Here goes... It wants to be a Drama in Three Acts, and it tells the story of two theatre owners from the 'burbs. Katie and Andy are their names. They are husband and wife. Katie is a big deal actor who seems to have it all, but when a real estate agent enters her family's life she realizes that what she really wants. What she has yearned for her whole life is being the tempress leader of a big-deal cult on a property in NSW. That's all I got at this stage. I've got my finger on the pulse and am open to suggestions, so go for it. Let me know what you think?

Storyline ideas.

Fri, 24 Apr 2009, 12:16 pm
Theatre owners, the 'burbs... I'm being drawn to the idea that they inherited this business after a family members death. And even though Katie perhaps got her start in acting here many years ago, there just isn't the same magic she felt as a youngster and well running the place is a full-time career in of itself. The question of: What are we going to do with a theatre, now that we own one? - is being interposed with loud music, shouting and the constant noise from the next-door neighbours. The real estate agent is perhaps not the first person you ring when faced with unruly neighbours, but with, a money no object mentality the thought to move does come up. Reginald could be the young son of the family friend who got Katie and Andy's present dwelling. I'm not sure about Katie and Reginald's meeting. Sometimes the characters just have decide for themselves during the writing process. Or, in this case you can assist me by making a suggestion. I'm not sure Katie goes into it solely to be a cult-leader, maybe that's in the back of her mind because of something Reginald said to her, didn't say, or something else in or from her life. She certainly has this urge to fully control her life. I mean she's just lost a loved one, because she's inherited the theatre, so thoughts associated with that come to the fore, and there's also the fact that being a celebrity she's being wheeled around like some delicate puppet with little to no say in the matter. And, I think we all know what happens when we become sleep deprived. A utopia, from a philosophical point-of-view or standpoint begins to become a real attraction. What do you need for such a place? A big country property. Who can help with that? The real estate agent. I like your black comedy idea and "the slippets of clues" can possibly be of how she's going to regain control of her life. That could certainly be interesting, especially when the fence we have our nose over happens to be a celebrity. ...just need to check the wall beside my work area.

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