Thursday, 26 February 2015

Research & Development: Brainstorming Ideas for Stories



Below are the different versions I came up with for story of 'The Tortoise and The Princess that never speaks'. In the images above, I have done mind mapped some ideas for the Stolen Soup Aroma, but I have been finding it hard picking an idea that can work and also one that won't prove difficult when looking for actors.

The Girl That Never Speaks- VERSION 1

Why does every situation have to reach boiling point before it gets solved?
The drug had worn off in time to dissolve the situation before it escalated any further.
Bola knew the consequences but still took the drug.

The Girl That Never Speaks- VERSION 2

Bola and her boyfriend Ray have been together for 2 and half years. Ray understands Larisa’s behaviour very well, she can be a little stubborn at times but lately her mood has changed.
They’ve had a few fights, nothing major but he feels that she may not care anymore.

A couple of complications have occurred because she doesn’t speak to him anymore. Ray has ended up late to work a couple of nights in a row; Larisa did not wake him up after he snoozed. This is not to say it was her duty, however they do get up at the same time.
When they go out things get a little awkward ordering at the restaurant

The Girl That Never Speaks- VERSION 3
What started out as a simple game that her and her father played got out of hand. Bola never spoke a word after one day.
‘’You’re taking this too seriously’’ said Bola’s father.  At first, Bola thought it would be funny; she was close to convincing him that she really could not talk. He bought her some gifts, and she thought of giving up the prank but then the gifts her showered her with were what she had wanted for a long time.


The gifts stopped and instead of the situation being a game, Bola decided to continue not speaking to influence her father to buy more gifts. Her father decided that he would not get his daughter to speak by just buying her gifts, instead why not play her at her own game. He knew he would have to find a way for her to speak again; she would only do that if she felt threatened, nothing serious but proving her innocence was important.

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