Mother
She is standing on the beach, the wind blowing her hair in front of her eyes. She is reaching up with her hand, splotches of brown. she moves it away. Her smile reveals jowls and wrinkles and a glistening gold crown on a rear molar.
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Writing is messy, but it's also a beautiful process of exploration and creativity. Dive into the world of screenwriting with me and let your imagination run wild.
Thank you Internet!
Today, I'm feeling a little sarcastic. Writing is messy, but chasing the questions you need answers to all day can really fry your brain. It is a wonderfully terrible experience. I couldn't have had so many questions answered or been led down so many rabbit holes in a period of six hours than I have been today. All you have to do is search and you get something. Usually it's a screenful of answers. If you've got speechify, I think you should use it to read this post. Did I subscribe or not, that was so long ago I can't remember?
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At Writing is Messy.com, I hope you feel the passion about navigating the messy journey of screenwriting. My goal is to find inspiration working with and supporting other aspiring screenwriters as we turn ideas real and fictious into compelling stories for the screen.
Let's start with the concept of my current favorite.
A naïve family, homesteaders, settle and start a new life filled with unimagined trials and opportunities. The mother, a strong willed, Elizabeth Bassett, pushed for this new life.
The father and husband, Herb Bassett, a civil war veteran, well read, and intellectual, had been a clerk of the court. Besides being small in stature, and sick from his stint in the war, he has little to no interest in building a life in the wilderness, but a persuasive wife prevails.
Enterprising Elizabeth is enthusiastic about their prospects for success and Herb is content to allow her to be in charge of their affairs. She quickly learnes ways to survive in their untamed country, Brown’s Park. Her grit is soon to be challenged with the birth of their third child, Ann. Josie and Sam, the older children, are excited about the new baby until they tire of her unrelenting screams. The baby is not getting any milk.
This is Elizabeth’s first big obstacle. With the help of a local trapper, Buffalo Jack Rife, problem solved. He is friendly with the Ute Indian tribe camping nearby. A wet nurse is found for the starving child. He appears again in their story recommending they leave just as they have completed their humble new cabin.
The Ute uprising in nearby Meeker, Colorado has put everyone in danger. Elizabeth is determined not to leave believing that the Utes are her friends, but eventually, she considers the safety of her children, and they have a hiatus from danger. Then an opportunity to return to Browns Park presents itself. Herb resists as long as possible, but finally acquiesces to Elizabeth’s new plan.
The challenges from this point forward come one after another, but the Bassetts are here to stay. Cattle rustlers, cattle barons, outlaws and murderers, along with a host of other unique and famous characters, discover the Bassett Ranch, at the heart of Brown’s Park.
This family determines to see it all through. They do everything necessary to keep the land they homesteaded in perpetuity. They succeed, and along the way a multitude of stories and interesting characters create a fascinating and mostly true story.
