March 1 2025

I’m excited to work on my script more, evolve it, and make it better. I’ve never written a script before, and I’m writing this one from scratch, not from an already written story, making this even more difficult. I think I’m going to take a step back and actually write a short story so I have some bones to create from. What do my author scriptwriting friends think?

I’ve finally received feedback from all my classmates and we workshopped my script last Monday. It needs much work with the full pilot episode due on March 17th, but everyone loved the idea. Here’s a summary of their comments:

“The premise for your show is bold and does well at tapping into real-world concerns about censorship and authoritarianism; I think this could be an excellent exploration of the why and how behind resistance movements. Your characters are diverse, representing a broad range of experiences and identities, each of them also plays a different role in the resistance which helps in making them feel necessary to the show.

I also like how you took on a Fahrenheit 451-esque approach to your dystopian world. The idea of words being banned is very compelling and unfortunately, something that could actually happen.

It’s interesting how all the different characters have unique identities and sexualities, making for a particularly “woke” or politically entrenched film that could attract a wide audience. The political-ness of the film is even further explored through characters’ motivations. The setting of Monday Night Poetry provides an outlet for the TRL to share their creativity and like minded goals, and the antagonistic FWC is reminiscent of a controlling dictatorship intent on striking TRL down. With the shadowy watcher providing for a mysterious cliffhanger at the end of episode 1, I think you could steer more towards mystery or mystery thriller.”