Having been mulling around story ideas, I've decided that certain concepts are really sticky--with a frictional, almost tacky surface texture for character, theme, color, tone, and twists to stick to. Alternatively, certain concepts are more slippery, or 'finer' in surface texture, which force the writer to 'hold' characters and plot together with a series of artifices; Like baby plants being tied to stakes.
The 'finer' ideas are usually too simple, sometimes requiring more subplots to string the plot together. The 'tackier' ideas, though not necessarily complicated, birth the subtexts as additional intersections to the plot, which create a continuous momentum, even within apparent distractions from the main plot.
Anyhoo, I think if one has any trouble filling the length of a script, or if the time can be filled with 'chatting' scenes separate from the story's momentum, the idea is too slippery. On the other hand, if one is fighting for time to develop character, that story is 'tacki-licious,' as one has the opportunity to develop and arc one's characters through a series of urgent or semi-urgent moments.
But it is, in fact, possible, for an idea to be too 'tacki-licious.' And that ain't right either.
The end.
The 'finer' ideas are usually too simple, sometimes requiring more subplots to string the plot together. The 'tackier' ideas, though not necessarily complicated, birth the subtexts as additional intersections to the plot, which create a continuous momentum, even within apparent distractions from the main plot.
Anyhoo, I think if one has any trouble filling the length of a script, or if the time can be filled with 'chatting' scenes separate from the story's momentum, the idea is too slippery. On the other hand, if one is fighting for time to develop character, that story is 'tacki-licious,' as one has the opportunity to develop and arc one's characters through a series of urgent or semi-urgent moments.
But it is, in fact, possible, for an idea to be too 'tacki-licious.' And that ain't right either.
The end.
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