Writing is fun!

For the past 2 weeks or so, I've been trying to chip away at writing the script as it is such a daunting task for me. But when I get in my grove, I really enjoy it. I've been using Writer Solo, a free script writing program which is really good, its super easy to format and I've been loving it so far. 

Here is what the text formatting options look like, allowing me to easily switch to whatever I need.

I have been slowly writing, but I've sorta hit a bump in the road. The issue I've hit right now is creating a different conflict. My teacher brought up a good point when I brought the idea to her, as she said that the whole poop joke will get old quick and dragging it out for 5ish minutes would be a lot. I would need something else to happen, some other event, another conflict, but it still has to fit into the story and now I have to find a way for the story to conclude with this. 

Another issue I'm having is figuring out what will lead the characters to just go home. Because in the real story that its based on, they went into a bunch of stores and were denied at all of them, but its difficult to get a shop or location to film at so I have to find a way to write around this. I think I just need to find a new conflict that will solve both the repetitiveness of the poop and also let me get around filming in a location and going back home.

Possible conflict ideas I have right now are maybe the boys running out of gas in a secluded location. I'm not sure how the story would end here, but if I go this route, the protagonist will probably have to poop in the wilderness, which I can play around with in terms of comedy. I also have this idea of the protagonist having hallucinations or visions due to how bad he has to poop. But idk, I think I'll just have to fully envision each idea and see where it would lead and end and see what I like and don't like.

Also something that I've been keeping in mind while writing is having the characters talk like real people and leaving some words out, which is something I learned from writing my script last year. People don't talk like how we write, especially teens, so writing for them gets a little tricky because it goes against how I've been taught to write. But just keeping this idea in mind helps a lot with making the dialogue more realistic. 

I'll keep coming up with stuff and writing and continue to fill you in.