Guys, let's brainstorm!

Freak

Okay, I have to have finished a short, one-scene play for tomorrow afternoon. All I have so far is Craig, a journalist, and Bruno, an editor. They work for a magazine or newspaper or something, and Bruno has found out that Craig either plagiarized or fabricated an entire feature story.

Anybody wanna take me home?

Freak

I've decided they work for a music magazine, just to make things easier for me. Keep em coming, boys!

Duke

maybe like it could be a personal story that he stole from the other guy and they get into an argument or brawl about it.

Miakal

When you mean take you home.......?

I'll brainstorm with you though.

Have the scene be an empty coffee shop where Bruno's daughter Leanne works. Leanne is a very special number who Craig is secretly in love with. Leanne never appears in the play, however, but just looms in our thoughts as small and dormant as they are.

Craig, obviously, has fabricated this piece on Swedish Social Causes because that's something Leanne adores. Not only does he want to create a story that Leanne will notice but also one that Bruno will enjoy.

Bruno threatens Craig with the news that this is all made up and Craig is forced to tell Bruno the entire mess.

Meanwhile, both are waiting for their coffee.

Duke

get the courts involved, and death threats thru the mail

AudioSavior

I think you should have Superman involved in it some how.

Hi

Miakal

Music magazine? Goddamnit.

Ok, The Swedish Death Rock Band "High In The Alps" is the story that Craig ripped off.

Freak

I like the idea of Leanne, and potentially a coffee shop... everything is working itself out in my brain right now. I need a better reason WHY Craig would make up a story though, because I'm hoping for a tense, long-winded monologue where he explains why he did it, and then Bruno admits to having done it when he was a writer as well. That's not certain though. I was thinking Craig may have been distracted by something else, or under stress, but impressing Leanne might work as well.

Miakal

It's a one act play? Any idea on how many pages?

Freak

8-12 pages, or 1500 words -- although neither are strict guidelines. There can be minor scene changes, but I doubt I'd even wanna do that. I like the idea of everything happening just at the editor's desk, or at a coffee table. The play has to be a complete work, and not an "excerpt" from a proposed, longer work.