#dps 2

since you asked for steph on the last one, i'm assuming you want steph for this one too? if not, just send another ask, happy to answer <3 :)

14. A song that makes your character feel like everything is going to be okay

5. A song that reminds your character of their childhood

ehueheuheuehueheu

steph is young and she hasn't yet put much thought into what a romantic relationship would look like for her. that said, she's very attracted to intelligence and people who recognize her intelligence. obviously, she would want them to be interested in the things she's interested in: history, star wars, video games. even if they aren't obsessed, she'd still want to them to get into it, as she would get into whatever they were obsessed with. someone who can balance having fun and being silly with emotional maturity.

🥨 - for dps 2

😂 - is there anything about the script/process that makes you laugh?

🥨—describe your wip (dps2) using a food item.

trail mix. a little bit of everything and anything. combination. hopefully, there's something for everyone to enjoy. but i know most people are coming for the m&ms. and that's okay.

😂 - is there anything about the script/process that makes you laugh?

sometimes i make myself laugh bc my sense of humor is a toilet bowl and somehow my ability to find joy in writing is like a baby learning to swim (not in the toilet bowl, just to be clear)

i find that i like to write scripts in similar ways that my favorite writers do, and a lot of that in very humor / acting based - where instead of writing out a bunch of actions lines to break up the dialogue, i just have to trust that whoever is playing the parts and whoever is directing can bring the character to lives themselves. of course, i want to give them enough to work with, so it's my job as a writer to do that. but as often as teachers will say "every piece of dialogue has to have meaning", i think it's important for action lines to also have meaning. so i don't really care about a character scratching the back of their head unless that really means something. and i definitely find dialogue more interesting, so i'll have several paragraphs of dialogue before another action line, and it's not because the characters are standing in a blank room, not moving and speaking to each other, but i trust that any actor who is speaking that dialogue recognizes that the world is their oyster, and the character doesn't really belong to me once they're acting it.

unless that’s a spoiler!! (then no lions den gun emoji)

CHLOE I HAVE HIS ENTIRE LIFE STORY IN MY HEAD I NEED YOU TO BE MORE SPECIFIC WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW

i can hit you with basic facts

grew up in rural vermont to a working class family. went to public school. his family lived near farms so he grew up loving animals, especially horses, and if he wasn't in publishing, he would have wanted to be a professional equestrian.

he moved to new york when he was 18 and has not (entirely) looked back lol he too went to columbia, a year ahead of todd, double majoring in english literature and publishing

his entire adult life has been mostly work and almost no play. he's married to his work, as it were.

he has an older sister and two nephews