the first syllable : a podcast about writing
a podcast about writing a screenplay. exploring the ideas as they come, detailing the process and every little thing that connects to it.
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 14 minutes
- Episodes
- 55
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
take the good, and keep it. leave the bad behind.
x-files and highlander scripts i wrote as a teen, and adapting old ideas and characters into new stories.
though some of the details will change along the way
the opening line, connor's father, getting past the artifice of voiceover, and justifying the use of inside information (or not)
the voiceover is aware it's talking to an audience
time loop and voiceover hand in hand, deliberate artifice, and what is going on with connor's parents?
tv tropes, pay attention; you can add these.
#philconnoring, #timeloopstupid, #timelooproofie, and my notes from #TheMapOfTinyPerfectThings
transpersonal symbolism from the collective unconscious
more time loops i've watched recently, plus why the story starts in the middle, and what's the point?
it's a tragedy pretending it's an absurdist comedy
having too many ideas, and exploring some old 3x5 card story ideas of mine that never got written
more of a worldbuilder than a storyteller
flashback to childhood and since, looking at how i build stories and worlds, and the process of piecing together a new reality before the story of it can be written
i should let you know who i am
telling you a bit about myself, and laying out the backbone of the plot as i see it currently
where each piece of the mix-and-match comes from
figuring out the plot, sorting pages and pages of notes and references, and naming the main characters.
an existential kinda deal
what is the point of a time loop story? plus, how to insert political messaging.
i made my system a little too complicated
rewatching time loop stories and taking notes for references, and calculating triangle numbers to know how much more loop is left
it's not a bug, it's a feature
opening and closing scenes, four friends at the center of the story, order (or lack thereof) and tone.
when you've got nothing to think about but being dead
the lead character's take on death, and some clips about this screenplay project from this week's 'the groundhog day project: minute by minute' (along with guest austin prior)
every time you push play
the shrinking time loop and the melancholy of the end
putting into my head an idea
beginning a writing project, and detailing the convoluted process here