I'm developing a screenplay envisioning India's water crisis in the year 2050, told through the lens of a single village. The script is still in development, and I'm visualizing the concept through a series of posters.
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Haunting poster. I look forward to reading a draft when you have it ready
Thank you Cal!
I chose a village setting to show how the absence of water changes everything — people, situations, and society.
I'm writing it in 2 ways:
1. As a Survival Drama
2. As a prediction of the future in 2050
I’ll share the synopsis once the first draft is ready. Would love your feedback.
Please, I don't want to be impolite, but having a village as the main character will give you problems. The most common situation is that one single person is the main character. A less common situation is that the relationship between two persons is the main character. But one problem with having a village as the main character is that a place doesn't do anything, instead the humans in that place do things.
Hi Göran,
Thank you so much for your valuable feedback
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Hi Göran,
I completely agree with your point.
The village is not the main character.
It’s the setting and the core problem of the story.
The main character is an IT employee from the city
who comes to the village and what he does there
to fight the water crisis — that’s the main story.
So the village brings all the characters together,
but the story follows one person's journey and struggle.
Appreciate you pointing this out.
Will keep this in mind while writing the draft.
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Thank you so much, Monet. That truly means a lot.
I often think about the difference between a young writer and an experienced one - it's not just age, it's what that time has cost you. A writer who has lived through certain pains can see the depths of a character in a way imagination alone can't reach. I'm not saying this to undervalue young writers - it's just that when a writer has already felt the conflict a character is going through, the audience senses that truth without even knowing why.
That's the kind of writer I'm trying to become. Thank you for reminding me why this stage of life matters.
Dear Basha, nice that you liked my comment. And I understand that I had misunderstood. There are movies which have worked well because someone who, more or less, was an outsidere entered a place. So i wish you good luck.
Thank you Goran
A story needs to make the hero uncomfortable. He must face problems and challenges that's when the audience gets genuinely interested. If everything goes smoothly, there's no story at all. A story only exists when you create some kind of problem that's when it becomes engaging