Since I last wrote here I've come up with two new ideas, though they are similarly related. I've decided to forgo the short story and just jump right into a screenplay, since I am taking that class now and reading "Screenplay" by Syd Field, which I'm genuinely enjoying.
Here's a little bit of a synopsis of what I have so far.
Two main characters, Craig and Miles. Craig is a laid back, happy-go-lucky drug dealer with no real ambition. Miles has arguably too much ambition, but for the wrong reasons, and is constantly overwhelmed by society’s expectations of him.
The two meet randomly while Miles is in the middle of a family issue. Miles’ younger brother, Travis, pawned a family heirloom, an antique book, several weeks earlier that Miles went to collect, but had been bought in the pawn shop already.
Craig is the buyer, but only Craig knows that, and he’s also aware of who Miles is, however Miles is completely unaware of the entire situation. He only knows his brother pawned it and that it’s gone.
Craig knows Travis as his dealer, and Travis owes Craig money, which is why Craig bought the book in the first place. Craig, even though he’s laid back and easy going, wants to see if he can somehow get what he is owed through Miles, by some sort of exchange for the heirloom.
However, Craig decides to pretend to befriend Miles and “help” him find the book. He then finds out it is worth a lot more than he paid for it, but is conflicted internally because it has non-monetary worth to Miles, and Craig is an inherently good person despite his greed.
Miles ends up trusting Craig too much, too fast, because he is caught in this bind and is accepting of Craig’s help without question, and is also in need of a friend at the time.
Plot point one is when Craig decides to not tell Miles he has the book and to lie to him.
They then search for the book.
Plot point two is when Miles finds out who Craig is and realizes what he is doing, but does not initially tell him right away.
As far as further research goes I think I need to watch some movies and read some screenplays, specifically Wes Anderson screenplays. I envision that almost awkward, dry and witty humor, yet often very real feeling drama. At the same time I really want good dialogue scenes to take place, so I think I'm going to read some Tarantino scripts, too.
I'll do a bit of research behind each character, but not so much that that's all I focus on for weeks.
That's it for now, I'm sure I'll keep updated often.
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