What is your story?
I was watching a documentary earlier this week which really didn’t seem to have any story. As I watched I kept on thinking, “what is the story they are trying to tell?” It seems like if you’re going to take all that time to make a movie that you should be really clear on the story.
My grandmother always says there are only two types of stories: “boy meets girl” or “what is the meaning of life?” In other words, there’s Waiting for Godot and West Side Story.
Of course, West Side Story is a remake of Romeo and Juliet. Supposedly, it started and ended with Shakespeare, and as I recall from literature class that there are only two types of stories: “comedy” and “tragedy”.
I don’t know who’s right–Shakespeare or my grandma–and I bet there are other types of stories also, I don’t know. Either way, it seems like with all those stories out there, you oughta be able to find one that works.
That begs the question: what’s your story?
How about multiple smaller stories, all related to your one big story?
Kyle Hansen
1 Sep 09 at 7:01 am