July 2021. Midsummer. I think we’re due for a night’s dream somewhere. I just finished my very first stageplay! It’s rather exciting to finish a project you’ve had on your plate for a long time. The preparations to write always seems to take much more time than the actual writing. It’s a comedy in three acts and while it certainly doesn’t rival Shakespeare, it is my first attempt at a stageplay. I can officially check that off my bucket list.
Interestingly enough, there’s a different mindset when you’re telling a story for the stage vs. a movie or TV show. I knew the focus would be on the dialogue but keeping the flow of the story going when it’s meant to be performed in real time was something new. Instead of watching the scene in my mind, I had to actually feel it as if I were acting it out. The movements, the set, the sound effects . . . how do they all come together on stage with the words to tell the story? So much depends upon a red wheel barrow . . .
Storefront Window (working title)
Summary: A group of mannequins in a department store get bored with the fake world of department store displays. They grow tired of being dressed for events that will never happen and wonder what life would be like in the real world outside the storefront window. Escape become more crucial when they discover that they are to be disconntinued and are headed for recycling. Will they decide to risk everything for the cold harsh reality of the big city or resign themselves to their fate in a furnace?
I am back to screenplays this week and into August. I wonder if I will decide to make a break for it and risk the comforts of my made up story world for the harsh reality of the local Starbucks. Stay tuned.
Journey to Write 