#dps 2

[nneilperry]

concept: Dead Poets Society 2. The boys have graduated from Welton and are spending the summer figuring out their lives. Their days are full of visits to their meet-up spot at the tree house, and lazy late afternoons in the grass listening to the crickets and each other share stories. Nobody is missing and Neil and Todd’s relationship is growing. At dusk, they laugh and catch fireflies in the meadow outside Charlie’s house.

[theluminoussunflower]

14 and 5 for OC music asks please? very curious :)) thank you!

since you asked for steph on the last one, i'm assuming you want steph for this one too? if not, just send another ask, happy to answer <3 :)

14. A song that makes your character feel like everything is going to be okay

5. A song that reminds your character of their childhood

[theluminoussunflower]

oc asks! - what traits are they attracted to - for stephanie?

ehueheuheuehueheu

steph is young and she hasn't yet put much thought into what a romantic relationship would look like for her. that said, she's very attracted to intelligence and people who recognize her intelligence. obviously, she would want them to be interested in the things she's interested in: history, star wars, video games. even if they aren't obsessed, she'd still want to them to get into it, as she would get into whatever they were obsessed with. someone who can balance having fun and being silly with emotional maturity.

when it comes to physical attributes, she's really not picky. she doesn't mind someone shorter than her and stuff like that. they just have to be presentable to her friends and family. well-dressed. well-groomed. showers regularly.

[theluminoussunflower]

hey <3

🥨 - for dps 2

😂 - is there anything about the script/process that makes you laugh?

🥨—describe your wip (dps2) using a food item.

trail mix. a little bit of everything and anything. combination. hopefully, there's something for everyone to enjoy. but i know most people are coming for the m&ms. and that's okay.

😂 - is there anything about the script/process that makes you laugh?

sometimes i make myself laugh bc my sense of humor is a toilet bowl and somehow my ability to find joy in writing is like a baby learning to swim (not in the toilet bowl, just to be clear)

i find that i like to write scripts in similar ways that my favorite writers do, and a lot of that in very humor / acting based - where instead of writing out a bunch of actions lines to break up the dialogue, i just have to trust that whoever is playing the parts and whoever is directing can bring the character to lives themselves. of course, i want to give them enough to work with, so it's my job as a writer to do that. but as often as teachers will say "every piece of dialogue has to have meaning", i think it's important for action lines to also have meaning. so i don't really care about a character scratching the back of their head unless that really means something. and i definitely find dialogue more interesting, so i'll have several paragraphs of dialogue before another action line, and it's not because the characters are standing in a blank room, not moving and speaking to each other, but i trust that any actor who is speaking that dialogue recognizes that the world is their oyster, and the character doesn't really belong to me once they're acting it.

idk if that all makes sense, but basically what i'm trying to say is i love aaron sorkin lol

[theluminoussunflower]

WHITLEY BACKSTORY 🔫

unless that’s a spoiler!! (then no lions den gun emoji)

CHLOE I HAVE HIS ENTIRE LIFE STORY IN MY HEAD I NEED YOU TO BE MORE SPECIFIC WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW

i can hit you with basic facts

grew up in rural vermont to a working class family. went to public school. his family lived near farms so he grew up loving animals, especially horses, and if he wasn't in publishing, he would have wanted to be a professional equestrian.

he moved to new york when he was 18 and has not (entirely) looked back lol he too went to columbia, a year ahead of todd, double majoring in english literature and publishing

his entire adult life has been mostly work and almost no play. he's married to his work, as it were.

he has an older sister and two nephews

a lot of stuff about his coming out / his family / his relationship with todd with probably end up in the story so i don't wanna spoil the whole thing but i will answer just about anything else about my angel cake my sweetie bun my baby, baby boy