Monday, February 6, 2012

One paragraph story outline, 3 words, 3 settings, 3 scenes


Three words 
Procastination
Luck
Dependency

Settings
Bar, Train, City Square

Scenes
Act 1 Bar, Act 2 Train, Act 3 City Square


Our character is procrastinating and dependent on his girlfriend, who breaks up with him. He has a fear of spontaneity. Encouragement (and Pressure) from his peers coerce him have an adventure to another city to distract himself and challenge himself to meet people on the way. His procrastination eventually leaves him him stuck with choosing an unfavorable destination via train, rather than plane. Stuck on the train the he meets all sorts of unpleasant characters (from his point of view). His train ride becomes a mis-adventure on how to avoid these people who are either out to sell him something, scam him, become unwanted friends or annoy him. He is continually forced to confront the edge of his comfort zone and the setting takes on a suspense thriller environment for him. A game of hide and seek ensues with his peers trying to keep hidden from him and the main character trying to avoid the aforementioned passengers. Arriving in the new city all the hotels and hostels are booked and he is now dependent upon the contacting the from the passengers from the train and makes new friends of them.

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