Thursday, November 22, 2007

UKAY : Ano kaya?

Almost done with the treatment outline of act 1. It's looking good. It's funny. It actually makes me cackle while im writing. next step is to test market it and show it to other people to see if they find it amusing at all :)

Kahapon, I stopped writing at 4 pm really weary and slightly anxious about how I have not had proper income in the past few months. While I believe that God has a season and a reason, I asked myself, "may mararating kaya itong lahat na ito?...ginugugol ko ang oras ko para maka-buo ng isang project na pinaniniwalaan ko...paniwalaan kaya ng iba?
hindi natin alam yan diba? Pero... diyos ang nag-tanim nitong pangarap na ito eh...and " He who began a good work in me will be faithful to complete it" diba?... and, even more, "all things work out for the good of those who believe" diba?

Sige, go lang ng go. God will provide strength, will, wisdom, creativity, and food for me and my family...and while we have free will...his will is still best.

Excerpt:

Act 1 Scene 1
(a bright morning in march/ mainit/sa isang apartment sa singalong) Isang de-susing alarm clock rattles off. It’s 8 AM. The room is quite shabby and old. Sa isang tabi, may plastic aparador na de-zipper ang pintuan. Siksik sa mga lumang kahon ang maliit na kuwarto at mukhang maalikabok. Sa background, through the walls, Naririnig ang kapit-bahay na nag-bubusa at mga asong sumasagot ng tahol. Si ED, a middle-aged hardworking father with a pained look on his face is sitting at the side of his bed staring at the floor with a blankness so dull. Kagi-gising pa lang, mukha nang pagod. He ignores the alarm clock till it dies out then, weirdly, he picks it up, winds it up again, and lets it ring again! Instead of a morning stretch, he sighs deeply and peels himself out of bed.

(credits start)

1 comments:

Les said...

Direk magandang opening scene to. The winding of the alarm clock speaks countless metaphors. Great start to a very interesting story. What happens next kaya, and why did he wind up the alarm clock again...