Doing Day Twelve also on Day Seventeen - Day Eleven was staring out the window for ten minutes, which I do quite often so I didn't think I needed to write anything down for it.
Can you explore your WIP (work in progress) from three other character's perspectives?
Yes. Sure I can. Really? Let's try it then:
Camera Zero (A):
I want to be a high-powered business orientated social-media-influencing socialite living in London. Unfortunately, I'm not very good at it, and problems - that are completely not my fault - keep getting in my way. I try lots of different ways to make it to the top, eventually do but lose my friends along the way and realise I'm turing into my Dad. This is horrifying, and actually what I need is to accept my own flaws, ignore social media, and find a job where I feel comfortable and where I can be happy, instead of just looking happy.
Camera One (Boyfriend):
I want to live with my girlfriend and have a good, settled job so that one day I can ask her to marry me and we can have a family. She begins to change, transforming into someone that I don't know - and that is completely different from the person I fell in love with. However, I stick by her side because I love her more than anything else in the world, and I know that this is all a front because I can see how truly exhausted she is by keeping up appearances. She never listens to me, but eventually she realises what I've known all along - that she is beautiful the way she is, and all she ever needed to do was accept that.
Camera Two (Boss):
I am secretly in love with A's father, and have been for several years. I thought it would be a good idea to employ A in my agency, because it meant I could see her father more and also because I felt a sense of obligation - plus, she's a sweet girl. The problem is, she's completely incompetent and cannot keep up with the high stakes that come with this powerful life. She's hopeless in every way, but I give her one last chance. She seems to make a change, I think for the better; but she doesn't seem happy. Also, I realise that her father is never going to reciprocate my feelings. So when A quits and says it's not for her, after making several changes for me, I have no choice but to accept her decision and hope I never have anything to do with her or her father again - I've got other things to deal with, and an agency to run.
Camera Three (Father):
I love A, but I think she is a bit hopeless. She is a dreamer, and not a fighter, and she doesn't take her health or fitness seriously. I think I am incredibly healthy and well-rounded as an individual (and what I don't realise is that my toxic masculinity, casual racism and selfish behaviour is actually isolating me from all of my family and friends). A continues to be someone who still believes with me, and she gets given one more chance by her Boss - an old friend, nothing more - to do the right thing. I watch her make some positive changes, growing into someone like me, but for some reason she thinks this is a bad thing and decides to quit the job and find something she 'likes' doing. This makes me think that maybe the way I've lived my life isn't right, and that I was the one who pushed my ex-wife and children away with my behaviour. If my daughter can't stand to have similar traits to me, what does it say about the life I've led? Maybe I should follow her lead and change too - I am proud of her.
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