Son-of-Music-Novel Project Status Update
We have officially turned the corner.
Jen has created three genuine stubs, and Kent had a research deliverable that bears many of the hallmarks of a stub. Now that we’re pedaling again, the bicycle doesn’t seem so scary.
Another thing we’ve done is watch movies. (For research, honest!) It’s been a mini-marathon of films that deal with combinations of elements similar to what we’re concocting for the new novel. Our aim is to learn the landscape, so we can avoid this scenario:
Rune Skelley: “So that’s our pitch!”
Agent: “A remake of _____? Not interested.”
So far we haven’t seen anything that significantly resembles our story. Our ideas tend to be weird (although it’s more flattering to call them original), so there’s probably not a serious risk of overlapping too much with something that’s already out there. But saying we need to make sure lets us thin out our Netflix queue and deny that it’s procrastination.
If next Friday’s collaboration post consists of us screaming and pulling our hair out, you can blame Lars von Trier.
*shakes fist* GOSH DARN THAT LARS VON TRIER!
Don’t curse him just yet. He might be totally innocent. I mean, he’s still Lars von Trier, so not totally innocent, but perhaps not guilty of ruining all of our careful planning. We’ll watch the movie this weekend and let you know if he needs to be added to your shit list or not.
Update! Lars is free and clear. His movie had nothing in common with our plot.
Someday when you see an interview with Rune Skelley that lists Lars von Trier as a major influence, take it with a grain of salt. It won’t necessarily mean we sought to emulate him, is what I’m saying.