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ysabetwordsmithNot long ago, melannen wrote a terrific post, "101 Asexy Sex Scenes." This involved creating an imaginary fandom for an apocryphal show. Much discussion ensued about what the characters, the show, and the fandom might be like. So then I got to thinking that the one form of writing I've never done much with is script writing, and maybe it would be fun to play around with that. I fiddled around with ideas, character thumbnails, episode summaries, and fannish trivia. And then I scripted a few of the advance advertisements for the show. This is the first one...
[A faint humming sound provides a background to the dialog. No scenery is visible, just a black screen with the voices of Alex and Bailey.]
Alex: "It's awfully dark in here."
Bailey: "Now don't you start that again."
Alex: "But it is."
Bailey: "That's because you accidentally locked us in a closet, genius."
Alex: "Well, there's an auxiliary fuse box for the superconductor in here and I needed just a little more power --"
Bailey: "Alex. You do theories and software. I do practicalities and hardware. This is a crucial distinction."
Alex: "-- and now we're running late for the first big experiment."
Bailey: "You're the brains of this outfit. I'm sure you'll think of something."
Alex: "Yeah, if I can just fit this penny in here--"
[A loud POP goes off. The faint humming sound in the background fades away with a pathetic little wheeze.]
Alex: "Oops."
Bailey: "Any other bright ideas?"
Alex: "We could stay here and cuddle until someone comes to find us?"
melannen wrote a terrific post, "101 Asexy Sex Scenes." This involved creating an imaginary fandom for an apocryphal show. Much discussion ensued about what the characters, the show, and the fandom might be like. So then I got to thinking that the one form of writing I've never done much with is script writing, and maybe it would be fun to play around with that. I fiddled around with ideas, character thumbnails, episode summaries, and fannish trivia. And then I scripted a few of the advance advertisements for the show. This is the first one..."Alex and Bailey in the Closet"
[A faint humming sound provides a background to the dialog. No scenery is visible, just a black screen with the voices of Alex and Bailey.]
Alex: "It's awfully dark in here."
Bailey: "Now don't you start that again."
Alex: "But it is."
Bailey: "That's because you accidentally locked us in a closet, genius."
Alex: "Well, there's an auxiliary fuse box for the superconductor in here and I needed just a little more power --"
Bailey: "Alex. You do theories and software. I do practicalities and hardware. This is a crucial distinction."
Alex: "-- and now we're running late for the first big experiment."
Bailey: "You're the brains of this outfit. I'm sure you'll think of something."
Alex: "Yeah, if I can just fit this penny in here--"
[A loud POP goes off. The faint humming sound in the background fades away with a pathetic little wheeze.]
Alex: "Oops."
Bailey: "Any other bright ideas?"
Alex: "We could stay here and cuddle until someone comes to find us?"
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Date: 2011-05-09 03:13 pm (UTC):-D
(mind if I add you to my circle? I am highly intrigued by this)
Welcome!
Date: 2011-05-09 06:49 pm (UTC)Now I must admit that I utterly adore your icon. You may be pleased to hear that one of the titles in my sketchy list of episodes is "A Door in the Wind." Several of the titles are oblique references to speculative fiction works that deal with malleable reality.
There will be more Schrodinger goodies appearing over time, so keep an eye on the tag here.
Re: Welcome!
Date: 2011-05-09 07:06 pm (UTC):-D Feel free to steal the icon. It's one of my favorites as well.
Re: Welcome!
Date: 2011-05-09 07:10 pm (UTC)Re: Welcome!
Date: 2011-05-09 07:19 pm (UTC)It will give me something to look forward to after I finish this paper.
Re: Welcome!
Date: 2011-05-09 07:26 pm (UTC)Re: Welcome!
Date: 2011-05-09 07:32 pm (UTC)Yay!
Date: 2011-05-09 07:36 pm (UTC)Amateurs talk tactics.
Dilettantes talk strategy.
Professionals talk logistics.
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Date: 2011-12-04 12:50 pm (UTC)Hee!
Thank you!
Date: 2011-12-05 06:06 am (UTC)