At what point are you so mean to your main character that people question who you are as a person to cook this shit up? Asking for a me 😅 #Scriptsky - ThreadSky

leahfromsd.bsky.social • 77 days ago

At what point are you so mean to your main character that people question who you are as a person to cook this shit up?

Asking for a me 😅 #Scriptsky

Comments

kablackquois.bsky.social•77 days ago

I’m like the one guy who liked Lost season 3 and wanted them to keep Jack, Kate, and Sawyer locked up longer so we could watch each of them break and go mad one by one.

Also, Alien3 *because* it starts with Ripley having any sense of safety or familiarity ripped away.

You fuck that MC up.

leahfromsd.bsky.social•77 days ago

Okay, so that being said, this next script is going to be VERY much your jam 😅

kablackquois.bsky.social•77 days ago

Can’t wait. I mean, Pro-Life really puts them through the wringer, so I know you’re good for it. You’ve got me thinking I’m too nice to my protags.

Have you ever seen Villains, btw? I think you’d dig it. Dark, DARK comedy

leahfromsd.bsky.social•77 days ago

Not yet! 😍

kablackquois.bsky.social•77 days ago

I completely forgot the girl is Maika Monroe. The cast is so good. It’s a kidnapping gone wrong, set almost entirely in one house

lanelaw.bsky.social•77 days ago

NYPD Blue was such a crazy example of this. Andy Sipowicz’s son dies. Then his wife. Then his partner. Then his next partner who reminded him of his son.
And then it turns out Milch based the character on his father and his best friend. To be a fly on the wall of his therapy sessions…

winnipeggreg.bsky.social•77 days ago

Fans of Steven Erikson’s Malazan books daily

gnarlymarly.bsky.social•77 days ago

What did Toc the Younger ever do to Eriskon anyway? The man won't leave him alone 😭

winnipeggreg.bsky.social•77 days ago

Oh yeah that’s the absolute worst/best example. Just brutal.

dirtydovefilms.bsky.social•77 days ago

They SHOULD be at the point of breaking, otherwise they won't absorb the lesson you're trying to teach!

heidihornbacher.bsky.social•77 days ago

Not quite the same but along mean character lines: My lawyer read my new comedy and said the protagonist was unlikable and awful - i said, cool, she's me!

leahfromsd.bsky.social•77 days ago

Lol 😂

jonenge.bsky.social•77 days ago

Let them question.

philhamer.bsky.social•76 days ago

😆 That's where you need to get to! Producers would WAY rather be flinching at the cruelty and doubting your sanity than dozing off mid-read 🤯

leahfromsd.bsky.social•76 days ago

shanadarabie.bsky.social•77 days ago

Was showing my kid my pitch deck for my teen joins a murderous cult and finds true happiness horror feature. Their reaction “Jesus mom.” One of my proudest moments

anthonyscripted.bsky.social•77 days ago

My MC is currently in such a headspace that he spends the next page and a half fantasizing about 5 favourite ways to kill himself before he lands on his preferred method. Wait until you see method #4!

kiribatiwriter.bsky.social•77 days ago

My wife read one of my early, very dark, thrillers and said she was legitimately shocked that I wrote it.

leahfromsd.bsky.social•77 days ago

My SO is our TTRPG GM and he is still shocked at what little ol' me cooks up.

"You're going to take his whole eye?"

Me: What? We might need it later.

brandon120.bsky.social•77 days ago

I mean, you kinda have to put your MC through some stuff in order for the story to be compelling, and for them to grow

rmoonhill.bsky.social•77 days ago

"Oh, Richard has a new story? I wonder how many people he VIOLENTLY MURDERS in this one", my writing group, more often than not

leahfromsd.bsky.social•77 days ago

😅

leahfromsd.bsky.social•77 days ago

No one rips anyone's teeth out with pliers in this script, so it's slightly lighter fare 💁‍♀️

anthonyscripted.bsky.social•77 days ago

I'll have you know that pliers were commonly used tools for the most respected surgeons of the 16th century--barbers.

cameronadair.bsky.social•77 days ago

After my writing circle read a draft of mine, I told them in the next one I planned on chopping off my MC's arm, elbow down. They weren't as enthusiastic as I would have thought...😀

leahfromsd.bsky.social•77 days ago

I feel like most people know what they're getting into when it's a horror story, but sometimes I can't help myself...

matthewcorley.bsky.social•77 days ago

Let’s see 1 - forcefully strip searched, head shaved, imprisoned and falsely accused of being a witch 2 - impaled through the gut after a brutal accident in the woods, as he staggers hopelessly towards death while stalked by coyote. 3 - literally dies and becomes a zombie. Pretty mean I guess

austin-native.bsky.social•76 days ago

leahfromsd.bsky.social•77 days ago

😆

Comments

Posting Rules

Reply