Hey, fellow authors and all connected to the craft!
I’ve recently started working on a script for a movie - something I’ve been quietly shaping for a long time. As I dive deeper into it, I realize it has the potential to grow into something even bigger: a mini-series.
This project is more than just storytelling for me. I’m pouring a lot of myself into it - my emotions, my personal traumas, and the experiences I’ve lived through. Being Ukrainian, much of what I’ve seen and felt - war, family struggles, loss, resilience - has found its way into the characters and moments I’m creating.
Some parts of the story are raw. Some are cathartic. But all of it comes from a place that’s deeply personal. I’m not just writing scenes - I’m putting fragments of my soul on the page.
This isn’t just a script. It’s a part of me of sorts. Like I am Voldemort and that script are my Horcrux.
Question to you: do you feel the same towards your scripts and do you sometimes care about your characters more than you should have? (even the minor ones included)
#Screenwriting #MiniSeries #Storytelling #Horror #Thriller
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Hey, Oleksandr Shcherbyna. "I’m not just writing scenes - I’m putting fragments of my soul on the page." I've done that. Sometimes I don't realize it until after I've written the scenes. I care about my characters, but I'm not sure if I've ever cared about them more than I should have.
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Very thought-provoking post! A friend asked me a similar question once, so I went back, read through all my scripts/stories, and realized even though the genre or format changes, there's an emotional core that gives away who I am and what I feel or believe. We can try and tell anyone who asks that it's just made up, right? But of course, unique aspects of ourselves find their way into our stories. They're like fingerprints.
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Hello and a great post. I do feel this way about many of my characters. You're on the right path.
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I truly can relate to your post. I have written several screen plays and I am now working on a mini-series based on my first person account of a very dramatic and moving experience. I changed the characters names and invented some scenes but the story is based on a personal experience. I find my self getting very caught up in the characters mentally, emotionally and spiritually. I feel you have to put your self in the position of actor/ character to really create believable compelling characters that help move the story along. But still you have to train yourself to jump out of character fast when the writing stops.