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Posted by delna on February 1, 2004, at 8:58:11
Hi all
I guess I've never posted to this board before- I usually post on the meds list.Anyway I am writing a script on mental illness, for the stage. I'm just starting and wanted any ideas prople may have.
I'm here in India (visiting for a while) where mental illness isn't even taken seriously by the average person and as god's curse by others. I am writing partly to despell the myths people have and also to show that mental illness is as serious as any other illness. This is a highly taboo subject here but I really want to write something candid and realistic.
I do have my own insight into mental illness as I have had a long and 'colorful' psychiatric history. Now i am better- and finally correctly diagnosed as bipolar II.So just wondering if anyone has any views or would be kind enough to share some ideas. It would be greatly apprecited.
Thanks
Delna
Posted by gardenergirl on February 1, 2004, at 11:15:45
In reply to Writing a script on mental illness, posted by delna on February 1, 2004, at 8:58:11
delna,
I don't have any particular advice, but I wanted to congratulate you on your idea. I would imagine it takes great courage to write about something so taboo. And anyone who wants to dispell myths about mental illness is okay in my book! Good luck to you.Regards,
gg
Posted by 64Bowtie on February 2, 2004, at 20:24:36
In reply to Re: Writing a script on mental illness, posted by gardenergirl on February 1, 2004, at 11:15:45
Delna, Bravo!
How about contrasting the goodness and badness of TABOOS?
Seriously, taboos invoked properly on children can save their little lives, when their wiring isn't advanced enough to get the "WHY" of something being bad. In adulthood, Taboos absoluteness is diminished by adults having the ability to exercise options to get around any impediment.
Now, how do we get this into something the masses will connect with and enjoy? If you promise to "change-the-names-to-protect-the-innocent", perhaps DrBob would let you make allegorical reference to character archetypes depicted in these archives. Ask him to think it over. May be legal limitations, but the archives are a wealth of stories about situations you might be looking for.
Best of luck and remember, writers write! That's their job, that's what they do. Distractions are almost everything else. Doesn't mean you can't have fun along the way....
Rod
Posted by 64Bowtie on February 2, 2004, at 20:38:18
In reply to Writing a script on mental illness, posted by delna on February 1, 2004, at 8:58:11
Posted by Dr. Bob on February 2, 2004, at 22:05:11
In reply to Writing a script on mental illness, posted by delna on February 1, 2004, at 8:58:11
> Anyway I am writing a script on mental illness, for the stage...
Sorry if it's confusing, and I see the introduction needs updating, but PB Books is for what you're reading, while PB Writing is for what you're writing. Here's a link:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/write/20040102/msgs/308696.html
Bob
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