Today, I got put on the 'hot seat' to talk about my idea. The past few days I have struggled to think of a storyline or any characters. From help with my tutor and peers, they helped me form a basic idea to start from. My peers asked me questions about what films I liked and what genres I am interested in. As questions were asked and answered, I formed notes on a short story, I built the idea from my peers asking me who the characters are, where the story is set, the themes and problems the characters have to overcome.
My notes from this seminar :
- A 31 year old woman called Grace who works at a very posh restaurant.
- She is self-conscious and lacks confidence.
- She was never interested in being in a relationship but hitting the age of 31 she feels time is ticking.
- She works very, very hard and only has two days off a during the week and often finds herself working overtime on her days off.
- Benjamin, a rather good looking banker often comes to the restaurant after work with his friends and other times with women on dates.
- He's served by Grace a few times and finds an attraction to her.
- Do they get together? Does she fall for him and realise he's not a nice person? Does she realise she's actually into women and not men? -- The ending is yet to be sussed out.
I have realised from being put on the spot that you can creatively think of a small and simple idea and work on it. It really helps when you sit with people and talk about an idea, as I have learnt from this seminar - you can really bounce off each other to develop a story.
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