One Sharpie, A4 Notepad and Zombies.
A few weeks ago I finished the script that I mentioned in a few blog posts previous. I’m not putting it up on this blog for a number of reasons. The first is because this blog was never really going to host whole scripts so I shouldn’t expect to see that on here and secondly it’s not very good.
The main purpose for that script was just to get it done.
Once I had finished my first script I wanted to move onto other things, and I have.
The script contains a group of people telling stories from their past, most of which actually happened to me.
It was never written to be read.
The photo at the top of this post is pretty poor quality but it was taken by my webcam and yes my bedroom is covered in photographs. The A4 notepad covered in Sharpie that I am waving around holds the majority of the plot (and some finer details) of a zombie comedy script that I want to write and film. If it does get to the fully completed stage I will more than likely upload it to Vimeo and place it on here. The idea sprung up recently from an old essay I found on my laptop that I tried to write a while ago. It was to be entitled “Zombie Horror: A Comparative Essay” and I suppose that if I was to write this script and get it to completion then I would have to finish it.
Although the idea had been in my mind for a couple of days I hadn’t actually written anything down. The closest that I had gotten to actually writing it down was a very short Notepad file on my laptop with an introduction. One which I’m not going to use in this latest incarnation, mainly because from the get go it sets a completely different tone for the whole script.
But as I was sitting down in front of the laptop I stopped for a while put some music on found a Sharpie and a notepad and it all just came flowing out. I discussed it with my younger brother when he got back home from work (making him read it basically) and he thought it was hilarious and gave me some great ideas for the ending (including a nice reference to one of our favourite television shows).
I find that I have been heavily influenced by Aaron Sorkin (click the name for his imdb page), not in that I could ever emulate his style but just the urge to write scripts in general.
For this latest script, which doesn’t actually have a name yet, I have my younger brother and his friend David in mind for the lead roles and a set amount of zombies (less than ten). I’m going to start writing the actual script for it tonight but I thought that I would write on this blog and state that I am actually still writing. Photographic proof (albeit back to front) is above, if needed.
The Ten Rules Of Partying.
This list was compiled some time ago but it never seems to be invalid. I can quite honestly say that I have never been to a party where none of the items I have listed went on to occur. If all ten happen, it’s probably a terrible party.
Now [just to preface] this list isn’t exclusive to parties but can generally be applied to any gathering of people where alcohol is involved. But you will notice at least two or three. Trust me. It could probably make a good game to see how many out of the following ten you spot at the next party you go to. OK, so, lets begin.
1] The Crying/Upset Girl – This is actually quite an important one, and even though this list runs in no particular order, the crying girl is quite special. She is the staple of the party rules and actually the witnessing of a crying girl at a recent party was the inspiration for the list. I recall walking a girl home once from one of my parties a few years ago because she was on the brink of becoming ‘The Crying Girl’. But as it goes, I find it hard to find it a party with the absence of ‘The Crying Girl’.
A lot of the time, she cries for little to no reason at all. And like a few things on this list only happens for a little bit of attention. Even if you think that you avoided it at your party that just means that it most likely happened in a locked bathroom or bedroom.
But this rarely happens as the crying girl usually feels the need to tell a few of her close friends. A crying boy can happen but that is usually associated with rule number ten. But, before that we have…
2] The Stranger - This rule generally describes a person who wasn’t really invited to the party. But came along as a plus one or tagged along with a friend and at some time during the night gets parted from the person they came along with and for some unknown reason decides that instead of leaving the party and heading home the only logical thing for them to do is to tag along with you. It gets annoying.
3] The Pretender - This particular phenomenon, in my experience, will more often than not be a girl. She would have not had that much to drink but just for the attention of the people around her, she will appear more drunk than she actually is. But she will only do this when there are people around. Because what is the point of this ludicrous performance if there is not an audience to witness it.
NB: In addition [and I have done this myself] if you look at ’The Pretender’ when she believes that nobody is looking she will be totally fine, and probably looking around to see if there is anyone to act drunk around.
4] The Adulterer – Just for the immediate purpose of the list I am classing adultery as anything from a kiss and beyond, [funny enough, my blog, my rules]. Alcohol will often be used as an excuse to why the adultery occurred [and sometimes the who and the how]. But here’s the thing that people never seem to get, if you cheat on someone in a crowded room then there is a big chance of you getting caught, just saying. But alcohol only lowers your inhibitions to things that you may have done anyways. So therefore if you are the one who committed the adultery then you can still be blamed.
5] Storming Out - At some part during the night somebody will probably get really drunk and decide upon themselves that it would be a great idea for them to walk home [even though it’s three in the morning and they can hardly walk five metres in a straight line]. Also completely disregarding how far they actually live. And because you are nowhere near as drunk as they are you try and stop them and that can actually take up quite a bit of your night. As terrible as it sounds, if somebody wants to walk home, let them. They’ll only have themselves to blame.
6] Disappearing Act - Now this is slightly different to the previous rule. The main difference is attention. The Disappearing Act does not want the whole world to know that they are leaving the party. But will generally leave with a few people and will not be totally wasted so you are rest assured that even though they leave drunk they will be able to get home safe. I have to admit to doing this a few times myself.
7] The Drunk Text - Drunk texting is an illness, one that I have suffered with for some time. And can only now at the age of 23 say that I have fully recovered. The only way I can describe why we do it, is that when we are drunk, we want people to know that we are thinking about you [in a nice, non-creepy way]. Although drunk texts are usually quite harmless I have sent a few that have made me cringe when I remembered sending them as I was recovering the next day. Ah well, as is life. One of the worse things is when you know you have sent a drunk text message but for some reason you deleted the sent message or worse than that Drunk Phone Calls.
8] Time To Have It Out - An argument will happen, between a couple who are on the rocks or on the other hand a couple who have recently broken up. Underlying or unresolved issues are generally helped to break through to the surface by the consumption of alcohol. It is best not get involved, because sometimes what’s getting yelled out at the top of their lungs needs to come out.
9] House Party Rules - If you are having a house party there are a few things that you should expect. Firstly, no matter how much you prepare your home, something will either get broken or it may get wrecked but the odds are that both will happen]. And secondly somebody will be sick, a rule that is so universal throughout partyland is that there will always be someone at your party who does not know their limits when it comes to alcohol and pukes up everywhere [this happens so often that it should have been rule eleven to be honest]. Also, it’s very annoying when it’s all over YOUR stuff.
10] Boys Are Back In Town - When it comes to a party you will find that the boy’s will get heated and try to be men by having a fight. This rule isn’t just for the males, women have been known to break out into random fights, it’s quite strange because it is completely counter-productive to the party atmosphere. But will happen regardless. With this rule it’s more of a numbers game the more people attending, the higher the chance of a fight breaking out.
Richard Anthony Morris in a lab coat at a party.
Ah well, that’s it. Hope you enjoyed reading it. Comment if you wish. I’ll hopefully have some more blog posts up soon but for now enjoy this photograph of me at a party.
And Then He Tried His Hand At Writing.
I thought that I would make a blog just for my writing. I like to write, I guess that I can’t really say why I do it. At first it started off with poems when I was younger [this was mainly because of a girl]. Then when I got more access to the internet at home it expanded to blogs, my first of which were on LiveJournal and Windows Spaces [which has now merged with WordPress although I believe my old blog to be lost in amongst the mess]. It probably wouldn’t surprise you to find out that the reasons that I had joined LiveJournal and Spaces were girls. I have to say at times I am predictable like that. I’m pretty sure I deleted them, but anyways, after that I went onto MySpace and got into the habit of blogging through that. Then I grew up and got a WordPress.
My writing style has been described as anecdotal and quite informal. I write how I speak and some people enjoy it. This way of writing also finds its way into my grammar which if you become a reader of this blog will become something you will notice. I write long sentences and I’m prone to accidentally missing out words. I say this as fair warning to be honest.
Sometimes this blog will seem to regurgitate old pieces of writing from one of my other WordPress blogs but this is only half true. I have the intention of copying over older posts to this one but before posting it here I will be checking it over and making sure that it actually makes sense to someone else trying to read it. I would like to take this moment to say that everything that is posted on this blog is written by me and that I hold and retain all copyright.
Right, below you will see a few things some are links some are scans. The first is a scan of the first page of a script I am currently writing. I tend to write in all capitals [or block letters] when I write by hand to make it a lot more legible. This is the first script I have ever even attempted to write, I learnt how to write them by reading scripts and looking at the format of which they were written in comparison to how it looked on screen. So in effect all my script writing technique is self-taught so if there is something big that I am missing please let me know. The story is still kind of forming but when it’s done hopefully it will be something that I can be proud of. Below that are a few clickable links, these are for some of my other internet goings on.
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