Monday, August 3, 2009

What do I do now?

Well, I came to a crossroad this week with my screenplay and found that trying to recreate SALIVATION was in a word...depressing. So I went back to the drawing board and found something a little more upbeat instead of dark and full of memories. So here is what I came up with.

Kyle Wisdom,13, is a chocoholic. Since birth he has been unable to pass up the incredible taste. He sees likes the feel in his mouth, the cravings he satisfies, the flavor and with each bite he is making memories.

Being raised by an overworked, underpayed, stressed mother, Kyle finds himself owing his neighbor for damaging his sprinklers system(I know kinda boring, but it's funny as hell in my brain). Around the same time he has to go to a family wedding in a posh hotel, of which him and his mother could not afford. There he gets to see not just the taste, but experiences the beauty of chocolate while watching the chef work through the swinging door of the kitchen. He gets and idea. If only he could somehow get a job with the che, he could make enough money to pay off the neighbor.

The pastry chef turns out to be an expatriot from France, very excentric and lives above the pastry shop. He has never allowed anyone to enter his domaine. With crazy sculptures of plants that seem real turn out to be made of candy(Kyle breaks them off during their first meeting as he is told to leave). Anyhoo, The Kyles mom goes to the pastry shop to defend her son, but walks away light headed(You know those French accents). Blah Blah Blah...It gets better, but you'll have to wait for the next installment to find out what's in THE CHOCOLATE BOX:-)

3 comments:

  1. the beginning of an awesome screenplay.
    Alice

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  2. Sounds like a great idea - and maybe a little autobiographical? We hope to see you soon in class!

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  3. Keep writing, Karl. Rome was not built in a day.

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