Seeking Creative Storytellers on NT
Seeking Creative Screenwriters on NT
This is an exercise is creativity for movie watchers. Do you have the creative skill to CONTINUE the story that ends a movie, i.e. carry it forward to a new ending. Many years ago I posted a similar challenge, and nobody bothered to even TRY to show they had a creative bent. It is not to CHANGE the story, it is to CONTINUE it. Now I'm trying it again. The example I used previously to illustrate what I was looking for was the continuation of the story of An Affair to Remember. My example of continuing the story was for Nicki Ferrante (Cary Grant) to marry Terry McKay (Deborah Kerr), and move into the Mediterranean home of his late grandmother, build a wheelchair ramp to the chapel that Terry would visit every day to pray for recovery, and she slowly improves, eventually enabling them to once again dance in the moonlight on a cruise ship.
That is your example. Now exercise your creative writing skills and provide a continuation from the existing ending for a new ending on any one of these movies.
The Shawshank Redemption
Roman Holiday
Be Somebody
The Magic of Belle Isle
The Pianist
Finding Forrester
If in one week any of those movies have not been the subject of an attempt to continue the story further I will provide a continued ending myself - I have sufficient imagination. Hopefully there are some creative writers here who will show us their screenwriting skills. It is NOT FAIR to use ChatGPT unless you indicate that you have used it.
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Surely there have to be SOME NT members with an ounce of creative writing ability here, even if it's limited only to those who watch movies from time to time.
Maybe some other movie titles ?
Not all movies have the opening for a continuation. For example, there is a finality to some movies, like, say, High Noon, where the continuation would be a mundane lifestyle, or Dances With Wolves, where he would face a penalty, or Patriot, where nothing much could continue to happen, or Titanic in which the continuation is part of the movie itself. As it happens I chose movies not only because I was familiar with them in case I get to write the continuation, but they are movies that have a good possibility of a continuation. What movies do you suggest - I'll consider them.
I know there are storytellers on NT, and I know there are movie-lovers on NT. What I'm seeking here is a combination of both.
Do I write an original article and post the continuation of the story or do I post it here in the thread?
No, just do a comment here. You can see how short it can be from my example. Hoping more people will try to exercise their imagination.
I will give it a try
What I meant was just a bare bones description as I did in my example for An Affair to Remember. Nobody has to create the dialogue or stage direction. It's the ideas I was hoping to see, not an actual script.
Andy and Red finished the boat together and started a charter fishing business. They made enough to be comfortable but what was most important was their deep and abiding friendship.
They continued the charter business for the next 10 years. Red started slowing down and was unable to work as much as he used to. Andy was also getting older but he kept going.
One morning, Andy tried to wake up Red, but found him unresponsive. He got him to the hospital but it was too late. Red's heart had given out and he passed away. Andy grieved and grieved for his best friend of all time. He recalled their years together at Shawshank but most especially their years together as free men.
Andy had Red cremated and took his last boat ride. He scattered Red's ashes in their favorite fishing spot then he turned the boat back to shore.
Andy went back to the house and cried the rest of the day. The next morning, he collected himself and thought about Red would want him to do. For darn sure, Red wouldn't want him moping about the house all day. So Andy sold the boat and traveled the world the rest of his days.
Andy spent his last days fishing from the pylons in Key West. While he was sitting in his chair waiting for that one big bite, he peacefully passed away with a smile on his face. He never gave up hope.
That was very good
Thanks, Charger! I always thought about what happened to Red and Andy when Red came walking down that beach
That was great Trout. But you killed them!! LOL. I like to think of them forever on the beach.
To quote the late, great Jim Morrison..."Nobody gets out alive"
Wow!!! That's a terrific continuation, Trout. The only thing I would change is that he wouldn't go back to the USA because he was an escaped convict.
Yeah...but Key West? Is that even in the US? lol
It's about as far off the US mainland you can drive to and still remain in the mainland. Hemingway must have considered it to be as far away as he could go in the USA by car.
I was thinking of a Jimmy Buffett song when I wrote the last paragraph
Key West is one of my favorite places in the US. It feels like you are somewhere else.
i'm flagged from Key West, it happened when we caught that 120lb Cuban, true story
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The mistake you are making Buzz is assuming that many people have enough interest in those movies to be interested in giving them new endings. I couldnt even tell you the old endings of most of them.
I know they are some of your favorites but people have different favorites.
Ive seen Shawshank Redemption, Roman Holiday and The Pianist, but I havent even seen the other three.
I expected only one continuation story from each member and provided choices including a couple very popular movies - Shawshank and Roman Holiday, and made the point that not every movie would enable a continuation. I also asked Pat to suggest more movies. John, you criticized my quizzes and you criticized this - don't be so damn critical and try writing a continuation yourself.
Why not just let people write a continuation to any movie they want.
It's a matter of control. If I've not seen the movie, then I won't be able to reply to it.
ok
I'll give a new ending to Roman Holiday. At the end of the original the Audrey Hepburn princess character ends her budding romance with the Gregory Peck character because she has to conform to the expectations of her royal standing and he is but a commoner, and an American to boot. In the new ending she would, after a few days, realize that she loves him and renounces the throne , leaves her royal life behind, and at the last second meets him at the airport as he is getting on a flight returning to America. She joins him and they go to Hollywood, where he has accepted a position with a major studio as a screenwriter.
After a brief period where she has to learn to accept a more mundane life as the wife of a struggling screenwriter, she is "discovered" by a talent agent and decides to become an actress, taking the screen name Nelly Grace. Soon she is making movies with Bing Crosby and Cary Grant and Gary Cooper, and is a big star. Meanwhile Gregory Peck has become a defeated alcoholic wallowing in self pity. The movie ends with Nelly Grace appearing at the world premiere of her new movie Lunch At Tiffany's, and as she is about to enter the theater she sees her husband lurking in the shadows. With tears rolling down her face she goes over to him , takes his arm and brings him into the theater with her.
The viewer is left to imagine their future.
There you go - that's a great continuation. See? You're capable of doing it. Now, the big question is: Did you enjoy doing it? Because that's what this challenge and my quizzes are all about.
Buzz, I have a talent with words. Always have. Its probably one of my few talents. A forum like this is not really the optimal place to display that talent though.
but it is a place to write freely, know matter how often i am ridiculed for it. but, obviously approval is not what all write for, except me, of course !
I always enjoyed your writing, but that could be taken as an insult i guess, but, who the hell cares about my opine, cause everyone in my world as of late, be wishing to box my opine in, thus a tempting 2 place me in my very own Oh Pine Box, though i might get board , i still wood circle around my wooden opine box, till i formed an opine of my own, to start a new cult, a chore eye wood knot take lightly, asz i wood only due it overtly at knight and my board opine could and wood be disgust around a round table while consuming pie till board and then stumped, by the removal, cause some don't write for approval, prefer to bee a writer of wrong til it stings, or stinks, and with my latter i'll climb down to the former, cuz, related to Abbey Normer
all apologies Buzz, forgot i wasn't around my round table with no contents....
It's okay Iggie, I've always been very lenient with off topic comments.
off topic....
Love the ending John! Something I wouldn't have expected