The "First Blind Date" Discussion turned into a thread that had the beginnings of a story in it. Some posters there thought it would make a good story with more work. I agree.
Please read that Discussion for background.
TWG features a thing called "Tag, You're IT!" where contributors move a story along one post at a time. It's great fun, but I think this effort needs more structure than that.
I am *not* the Story Czar here. I'm just thinking out loud.
First things first - before story conferences, task assignments, etc. :
1. What software do we use and how? Microsoft Word, Movie Magic Screenwriter, whatever?
2. How and where do we collaborate ?
OK, thoughts, one and all ? I will sum up before I go to bed each night, but I am not the Story Czar. I'm just a tiger.
Posted: Feb 18, 08 9:37pm
I'll start.
Once upon a time it was a dark and stormy night...
Posted: Feb 18, 08 10:20pm
My dearest Miss Farquar:
and the fierce lightening outside my window gave me pause, and I feared that .....
Posted: Feb 19, 08 4:35am
A man whose life had ended four thousand times in the course of the past month, grieved in each breath and exhaled forsaken plans and broken promises. The solid wooden porch, like the world around him, was far too large for a single-celled existence, but was the only thing that he could count on to support the weight of his loneliness.
Posted: Feb 19, 08 5:33am
You know Pru,
This is very good. Disgustingly good.
Here's what I was going to say;
It was a dark and stormy night and there I was with my pants around my ankles and my butt hanging over a log trying to finish my business before the front rolled in.
I vote for your version.
Posted: Feb 18, 08 10:18pm
* includes photos
I knew that I'd joined TWG for a reason and this may be it. I think that this would be fun once the infrastructure is mapped out. I'm imagining all of the imaginations of everyone and think that the collaboration could be hilarious.
Of course Uncle Spencer will need to be especially invited as our star.
Just how much structure this group of wildness will endure is, well, undetermined. Overall we tend to be over the top so a Story Czar is absolutely needed. We shall vote, as this IS AMERICA. (yes thank you, I'll have another dirty martini) Damn waiters. What was I saying? Yes, I'll be watching with anticipation Dallas.
You STTICH, (pronounced Stitch), <Sexy Tiger That I Can't Have>, may have to step forward and be our Czar. I promise to send you an elaborate crown with just a whiff of Chanel #5 wafting in such a way as to entice and excite you in such a sensual way that the scent of a corseted wench might pull you over to my side. However, if your heart belongs to spuff, I will sadly slink off with my dignity intact and will reluctantly wish you the very fucking best of luck. lol
fucking pirates! The'll get ya every time.
Although I am not a published writer, I hope to be one day and will help out in any way that I am capable.
Ahhhh. Look how cute we coulda been Dallas.
Oooh ahhhhh
Posted: Feb 18, 08 11:14pm
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*** 18 Feb 08 WRAP-UP **********************************
PrunellaFarquar and Mockingbird expressed an interest in writing.
No one indicated software preferences.
No one suggested a comm. solution, but there are some, I'm sure.
The Not-the-Story-Czar deftly sidestepped a career-ending scandal involving corsets and perfume.
Thanks, everyone...more tomorrow...Good Night!
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It'll be a learning experience for all.
Posted: Feb 19, 08 5:04am
I'm gonna need off sometime in March for a doctor's appointment.
Can I leave early today I gotta get my oil changed. Have we discussed lunch hours yet. I like to eat right at noon. And can my cube have a window? Who's going to decide if we get a snow day. Can I take a snow day tomorrow? Do we get our birthday's off?
Posted: Feb 19, 08 5:11am
I'm going to need snow days too. This Texas snow gets really thick sometimes (like the B.S.).
Has anybody started an office pool on the Oscars yet? I'm putting my money on Diary of the Dead for best picture.
Posted: Feb 19, 08 5:23am
Can I take names sometimes. I'm good at taking names. Can I write on the board. I'm going to need an overhead projector.
Can we wear jeans on Friday?
Posted: Feb 19, 08 5:59am
Do pirates wear jeans? I don't think so. I'll be the one that's always dressed like a pirate. Hope there isn't a dress code.
By the way Mockingbird, pirates always carry a sword. Keep your mitts off my tiger. He taught me how to slice & dice.
Posted: Feb 19, 08 6:04am
Spuff, have you found Tiger yet?
He hasn't been here this morning.
Posted: Feb 19, 08 7:12am
Pruney~ are you baiting me into talking to you? It's not going to work. Oh wait, it just did.
Damn. Where is my tiger?
Posted: Feb 19, 08 7:19am
...and all is right with the world.
Posted: Feb 19, 08 7:43am
* includes photos
That can be ending option 1 with my character...the supportive pirate friend gets tricked in talking to pruney, still searching for her missing tiger.
Froggy should either handle wardrobe or I will just keep him as my personal shopper. You should see some of the outfits he buys for me. Mostly Victoria Secret, but it will work.
Spuff's personal shopper...Froggy
Posted: Feb 19, 08 7:56am
Diary of the Dead?
Wasn't that the first working title for Cry Uncle??
Olivia, no snow days for you!!
If your dr's appt. in March is with a great looking GYN, then you can have that time off. oooooh that's creepy. But then.........
Now the real question is how much do I get paid? What is my retirement package looking like?
Will the book be distributed internationally and what's my percentage.
snow days indeed! huff huff
Posted: Feb 19, 08 7:58am
Hold on spuff, me tiger is in the shower. yummy!
Posted: Feb 19, 08 8:01am
I want to call it
EARNING MY BIG GIRL PANTIES
That's got all the elements
It's inspirational and it has the word panties.
Universal appeal.
Posted: Feb 19, 08 8:08am
Oh mocking~ that's not my tiger. My tiger only take baths. Must be the stunt tiger.
Posted: Feb 19, 08 8:11am
Can we send out for pizza sometimes?
My OB/GYN is a man much younger than I am and I hate him. "Scoot down here a little closer, just a little more, come on just a scootch more I can't quite get my head in there. Now just relax. You're going to feel a little pinch. Ah there's a big ol hunk of your cervix in my tweezers. Okay sweetie, you don't even know where I live or what I had for breakfast but I'm going to mash on your boobs a little bit. Okay dear, sit up and pay me a bunch of money for that. That's all after they make you weigh with all your clothes on and sometimes even your shoes. I hate him I hate him I hate him.
Posted: Feb 19, 08 8:17am
Can we start a thread where we just say whatever the hell we want to whether it makes any sense or not and can it be all out of order and can we tell stories and jokes and have fights??
Oh wait a minute. We just did.
Thanks Tigger.
Posted: Feb 19, 08 8:52am
Spuff,
You can wear jeans if you get them fitted like Rachel Welch did in the movies. Put on the new unwashed jeans and soak in a big tub of hot water. Keep them on until they dry.
Posted: Feb 19, 08 9:07am
Sack,
Does she have all her teeth? Like tickling and Manhattan Transfer?
Did she have her tonsils removed when she was 25 and only has one tattoo of some guy named 'Doggio'
on her right thigh? Do her eyes change color when she's angry?
...I'm getting closer.
Posted: Feb 19, 08 2:45pm
And how much does it pay? Can I go to conferences all expenses paid? I think we should get Emily Dickinson's birthday off as part of the contract. And I would like some inservices featuring John Grisham . . .
Posted: Feb 19, 08 6:14pm
Dear OliviaH,
Do we get our birthday's *what* off?
Posted: Feb 20, 08 1:27am
Do we get our birthdays off, SIR?
Posted: Feb 19, 08 6:34am
I'm glad to have inspired your literary creativity. This is an amazing journey, just like the one I'm on right now in real life. And right now the journey is getting a bit scary as reality is beginning to set in. But what the heck, if you guys are in this with me, I can endure anything, even a heartbreak. That would help the story anyway......
As far as the movie roles go, I guess I would prefer Brad Pitt to play me and Tea Leoni to play my fair lady. Prun can be the housekeeper, Spuff the swashbuckling pirate that always has my back (like she does in real life), Mockingbird is the producer, Dallas the director. O plays the Johnny Depp role of the likeable nemesis to my fair lady.
Posted: Feb 19, 08 7:12am
What about editor? I think this was her idea.
Posted: Feb 19, 08 7:24am
I'm the one described as "Woman Holding Cat #3" in the credits.
Posted: Feb 19, 08 7:46am
v~ I can't stop laughing at that!
Posted: Feb 19, 08 8:05am
Oh crap, will that cost me money?
Or do I get to boss everyone around?
I'm really good at that!!!!!!! oh yeahhhhhhhhhh
To cast: (please add to list)
the front porch and swing
the <blank> spying/peeking under the
bed
spuff's tiger (ha, ha, ha - he'll be with
me since he'll be working for moi!)
the lovely blind and deaf O
her current husband
her current cross country lover
Spencer's personified pathetically sad
diary including his neo-virgin
status - or not? mmmmmm
Posted: Feb 19, 08 8:51am
(replay to Uncle Spencer's suggestions for stars to play himself and his O - what the hell is her name!)
If you have any resemblance at all to Brad Pitt, there are at least 25 of us who want you in every which way but loose, if you get my drift.
We'll have to see at least a resemblance of your "fair lady" to properly cast her role.
Sorry Spence - we are vindictive at every turn.
With so much love and hugs and warm fuzzies,
Mocking...........byrd
Posted: Feb 19, 08 9:48am
Can I be the ecentric neighbor who likes to sing German opera from her rooftop???? please oh please oh please!!!!!
Posted: Feb 19, 08 10:53am
Just a thought - maybe we could all play ourselves? It could save us a ton of money. Also one of us may be the next big thing, and we don't know it yet. We seem to be a fairly talented bunch.
I am not very good at writing; that's why I don't contribute to the writers group. But would still like to be included, I might get an idea, once in a while, that you could make use of.
I only have open office word.
I will now ask all members to be my friend, in case that's the route that get's chosen to do the work.
Posted: Feb 19, 08 11:00am
Well I hope to God we can play ourselves. What the hell else can I do with a full pirate wardrobe? I certainly can't show up at a client's house dressed as the decorating pirate.
Ok, if someone needs to play me I pick someone taller. How about Diane Lane? (my tiger will surely never disappear on Diane Lane).
Posted: Feb 19, 08 2:46pm
Can I play the beautiful, but slutty neighbor?
and I'd like Sean Connery to play my love interest. If he is not available I'll take Richard Dean Anderson as my second choice.
And what exactly does a key grip do?
If all else fails, I'll hold the cue cards or help with rewrites. Maybe I could learn how to do some CGI.
this is starting to remind me of the old Mickey Rooney/Judy Garland movies where they put on a show!!
Posted: Feb 19, 08 7:21am
Editor should be the Executive Producer.
Posted: Feb 19, 08 8:00am
I want to be the key grip.
And I want to be the key gripe
I'm highly qualified for both.
Posted: Feb 19, 08 8:06am
She can just go collect money from rich people. Start making a list.
Posted: Feb 19, 08 8:46am
* includes photos
vwomack: Woman holding cat #3
thots O regarding the pic and storyline here?
Production Note: Scalp decapitation is still in the story planning stage.
Posted: Feb 19, 08 8:47am
I'm afraid you'll need to present your qualifications as I believe you are far too overqualified to be a key or a grip or gripping a key or griping for that matter. Ok, grip this!
Stop. That tickles!!!! hee hee
Posted: Feb 20, 08 8:21am
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roxley,
I like your idea of being the slutty neighbor who has been after Uncle since before his loser wife left him - because she'd seen all the signs before, but in his denial, and long lack of sex, passed repeatedly on "slutty neighbor". Ooooooh. I love the slutty sex part and no one else has come up with it. Perhaps an executive decision is needed but I think you may be just perfect for the part!!!!!!! congrats! Hey who the hell in in charge of Costume and Design????
Bitchy, slutty and hot! On the prowl with Unk in her sights.
Posted: Feb 19, 08 11:19am
I'm not quite Brad Pitt material, but then who is except the man himself. If I was, there's 25 women looking for me, huh? That's still not 70 virgins in heaven, but it's a start.
Mockingbird - You're being pretty tough on old Spence, but that's okay. I know you love me. I'm not a neo-virgin, though, at least I don't think I am.
Womack - You get the part of the woman holding cat #3, plus you will also double as O's partner in crime. You will be the one carrying the case of weapons, including O's taser and pepper spray.
Jaki - You can be the eccentric neighbor with the German accent
Gayle - Just play yourself. We'll work you in.
O - You can double as the grip, gripe, gripper, gipper and grim reaper.
Posted: Feb 19, 08 12:03pm
Danken Sie Güte, weil ich nicht am Spielen gut sein würde. Ich bin die intensive Weise zu....
(trans: Thank goodness because i