i've hit a roadblock on page 54, need love theme and subplot.

first off, i need a reason for a depressed loner who's never really been attached to anyone to fall in love with someone else.

second, i need a goal that a suicidal couple could overcome, and it has to relate to an opera house. i thought about them filling in for actors, but depressed people ready to die don't seem like the type who what to perform in front of people. but i need a sort of obstacle that they both can over come, like pulling off a production or making something big happen. but it has to do with an opera house, or where they put on plays in the 18th century.

i tells ya, this will be the greatest thing i've ever done. outside of my other script, which will equally be the greatest thing i've ever done.

any help?

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formerly known as Flemchuck

Anyway, here is a reason that a "depressed loner" could finally fall in love with someone else. If "he" is a loner because there is something about him that causes him to be rejected by other people, or causes him to have a hard time connecting with other people, then simply have this new love accept him in spite of it, or love him because of it. This can be something as blatant as Quasimodo's deformities in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame." Or, it can be more subtle, such as a love of acting or a desire to be a playwright in a family/town/etc. that looks down on that kind of thing.

As for a suicidal couple and an opera house, here is my idea. There are few things I can think of that could inspire both people in a relationship to be suicidal together, but one really good one is the death of a child. So...

What if you had a playwright who found his true love because she loved the artistic side of him when everyone else looked down on it or couldn't relate to it. They got married (or not), had a kid, but the child died. The father had been writing a play/opera that he had titled after the child's name. It now becomes a sort of obsession for them to finish the play and see it performed, as a way of finally laying the child to rest in their own minds and hearts.

I'm glad the script is going so well for you. Good luck!

that's be so cool to add that subplot.

anyhow, flask, those are really good ideas. however, once again it is my fault because i didn't explain everything.

the two suicidals work at the opera house. in fact, there's eight suicidal's who work at the opera house. i really would rather not say why or anything, but they've got three weeks before they kill themselves. everyone coems in at different times, so people are dying every other day.

but this chick, we'll call her jen, came in hours before the guy, liam. so jen will die before liam. i have the ending worked out to perfection, i just need some reason that liam, who has never really connected with anyone, would connect with jen, who will not love him back. they will not fall in love, because jen won't love him back. he'll love her plenty, but she's not gonna love him. so i need some sort of reason for him to love her.

and as for the opera house subplot, i need something for the two to go through together, a mission or accomplishment within the opera house that the two could get to know each other better, and liam could then fall in love with her. also, the subplot has to have a nice and big ending, because after that the script's all downhill.

for example, if i did the acting one (which i don't want to do):

liam and jen sign up to replace the two actors. despite never having acting talent or anything, they go for it just for the sake of doing something new before they die. while working on the script, liam finds out jen is quite __________, and eventually falls in love with her because he's never quite met someone like her. he doesn't realize he loves her until thwe night of production, when he _____________ and it finally hits him. At this point, they're already in production and they pull off the performance beautifully.

i don't know if this is giving you too much info to care about, but any idea you have for me is a good idea. unless it involves harry potter.

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formerly known as Flemchuck

Maybe it would be best to try the acting angle halfway. Jen must take over a difficult acting part. Maybe she is the understudy who hasn't taken the part seriously, yet. Maybe she feels that this performance must be perfect, since it will be the last performance of her life. Maybe she is just the company's only hope when the lead actress is unexpectedly out of commission (kills herself?).

Anyhow, she must call upon Liam to help her prepare for the part. Perhaps he is very knowledgeable about theater/acting, but his antisocial side has prevented him from sharing it with anyone. His regard for her grows as he drills her in her lines, her gestures, her position on stage, everything. On the night of her performance, he stands at the back of the theater, alone, and suddenly wishes that the romantic lines he hears her performing were being spoken to him.

Again, good luck!

I haven't gotten a chance to write more on it, but I'll do it soon.