The Project.

I am really looking foward to this little project. I'm curious as to how our minds will clash, but more importantly, how our minds will make the story flow together and just.. work.

This idea started out with 1Lee as a short movie. I'm glad he accepted my idea of working on this together as a story as opposed to a movie. Of course, in the way that we write the story, it can be easily be turned into a movie. Keep that in mind while you are reading it.

My goal is to try to write in a way so that you can envision the scene how I want you to see it. It's a challenge, and I hope I'm doing it in a good way.. concise and not totally retarded. You be the judge. If you read my posts [I can't say this for 1Lee; I am not sure how he would feel about it] brutally criticize all you can to make it better. Ok well only do that if you feel like it.

But not only is this continuing effort to improve my writing skills, it's also a way for me to see what it's like to collaborate with someone else for something that usually seems like a one person thing. Exploring, combining, and molding ideas into one cohesive story is what this is all about, and I'm excited about how it will turn out.

Will you ever really -talk- to the 'regular?' Will you really know who he is? Does anyone really know?

So read the Foreward to get to know the idea.. and read our story.

Foreword

The Boo Radley Syndrome (working title) is a collabrication between the two writers no_man and 1Lee.

The idea came from a discussion about freestyle writing as it pertains to two separate authors. This blog will feature a wide variety of...variety; id est, 1Lee may write in screenplay format** just as no_man may write in prose; each man can be expected to act as they would in their normal blog environment, however, any style is available for either writer. In accordance to stylistic differences, the best idea we came up with was to log out a story via blog (with entries for each author*), having each writer tell his story from a separate point of view. This is made possible by structurally arranging the story into small narratives that will amount to a full story, a frame story, if you will.

Wikipedia says--

A frame story (also frame tale, frame narrative, etc.) is a narrative technique whereby a main story is composed, at least in part, for the purpose of organizing a set of shorter stories, each of which is a story within a story

In order to better understand the frame story format, a brief pitch of the Boo Radley Syndrome is given:

A diner is frequented by a man, the 'regular', who carries with him a shroud of mystery. He speaks nothing more than his meal orders and keeps to himself; alternatively, he is generally left alone by patrons and employees.  When a new employee (main character) begins work at the diner, suspicion is formed around the 'regular'. The new employee begins to peice together the testimonials of patrons and employees, but when he realizes they don't add up he understands that this mystery may never be answered by secondhand citations. Our main character decides to confront the 'regular' and, once and for all, settle the fascinating mystery.

With this basic synopsis, it is possible for the two writers to switch between testimonials and characters, creating an easier way to change style with each individual patron and employee. 

Also, something i would like to touch: The 'regular'

He will be named, so hold your horses.

final words--

the project seems quite interesting; i'm very much excited to work with no_man, and i think it will be neat to see how the stories, coming from 2 different minds, will work together. i will say that it's each man's project equally; we are working half-and-half. additionally, we are both relaxed working together, and we are both on the same page, as it pertains to the project idea; we're on the same level.

I wanted a quote about luck here, but i couldn't find anything good. You see, this is the part where i wish myself luck; but here goes, with a quote i've used already.

"We'll keep our collective fingers crossed." --Chris Stevens

*each writer will be denoted in either the title of the entry or by the posting process of blogger

**the format used will be non-conventionial to normal screenplay format; as to be closer to the style of a prosaic short story, the screenplays will include much more description and underlying feelings; in short, more words.