Sunday, 11 January 2009

The Antagonist

Briefly following on from the previous annoyance, you'll be aware that I had commenced battle with the tax office. One phone call to an actual tax advisor and she confirmed the entire system was flawed and I would not owe the government the debt of a small country, as it foolishly suggested. Death and taxes - they certainly are related, if only by causing stress induced heart attacks!

On a screenwriting front, I began to tackle the weighty issues of the four key questions. 1. Who is the protagonist? 2. What are they trying to acheive? 3. Who is trying to stop them? 4. What happens if they fail? I got stuck on question one... Who is my protagonist, my hero? Marshall or Elizabeth? It would be more unusual to have a female lead character, but maybe less commercial. Not me dear reader saying that, its just statistics and screenwriting books with cats of the cover. Though it's a crime or caper story as genres go, so probably not that commercially popular anyway.

Must get myself a theme too...


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