What I hate, is the time it takes for me to make up my mind on such important foundations. For instance, I have this character in my head, and she visits me every once in a while and reveals things about her to me that I want to incorporate into my script. I love this character and want her to come to life, but what about her character arch; I certainly don't want people to hate her, and yet I don't want her to be one-dimensional and flat, because then she'd be boring. Is it crazy to see her as my own child? Like I need to just let her be who she's going to be, as protective as I want to be.
Okay, so aside from being possessive with the destiny of my character, I also have the pressure to add humor and cleverness. I tend to add these qualities to my B characters who I usually need to develop more. And what of the plot? The plot essentially carries everybody's outcome. All of which cannot be taken lightly.
My passion is also my plight: I put so much of myself into my scripts and manuscripts that I sometimes become my own inhibitor.
Its not easy playing God, even if it just 10 pages at a time.
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