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Maladaptive Daydreaming Project?
I've made a discussion about this before, but I've been plagued with writers block and can't seem to make any of my ideas work. I'm creating a short film about the social effects of maladaptive daydreaming, but I need some ideas as to what I should show. I've never written anything that explores a lesser known part of the human psyche that involves MD, so I need help showing these effects. What situations could my character face that would be affected by her MD? Here is the bare skeletons I've created for my Plotline:
A girl begins to take her reality and talents for granted as she becomes more invested in her elaborate daydreams.
Starts with a poetry slam organized by the quirky English-obsessed teacher Ms. Mitty, who sends Elise to the front of the class to read her piece. After Elise finishes her poem, Ms. Mitty praises her work and asks her to join her writing club next year. Elise reluctantly accepts and heads to her break period, where she daydreams about her alternate life until a friend interrupts her.
I've realized I need to focus more on the "addiction" factor of MD that hinders human interaction. I want to show the comfort found in the alternate world within the main character's head that makes her long to leave the real world behind. I think this can be easily shown with a main character with a simple fantasy that keeps her from accepting the real world. I'm thinking she possesses an extremely simple fantasy that resembles a life that counters her own in reality. In real life she may be introverted with a small circle of friends. But in her head she may be extremely popular with all the works: lots of friends, beauty, glamour, etc. This alternate life gives the main character solace from what she may think is a dreary life, although it could appear that she takes her reality for granted. I want to show the drastic difference between her reality and her daydreams. Anything helps!
A girl begins to take her reality and talents for granted as she becomes more invested in her elaborate daydreams.
Starts with a poetry slam organized by the quirky English-obsessed teacher Ms. Mitty, who sends Elise to the front of the class to read her piece. After Elise finishes her poem, Ms. Mitty praises her work and asks her to join her writing club next year. Elise reluctantly accepts and heads to her break period, where she daydreams about her alternate life until a friend interrupts her.
I've realized I need to focus more on the "addiction" factor of MD that hinders human interaction. I want to show the comfort found in the alternate world within the main character's head that makes her long to leave the real world behind. I think this can be easily shown with a main character with a simple fantasy that keeps her from accepting the real world. I'm thinking she possesses an extremely simple fantasy that resembles a life that counters her own in reality. In real life she may be introverted with a small circle of friends. But in her head she may be extremely popular with all the works: lots of friends, beauty, glamour, etc. This alternate life gives the main character solace from what she may think is a dreary life, although it could appear that she takes her reality for granted. I want to show the drastic difference between her reality and her daydreams. Anything helps!
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Permalink Reply by Kia Hood on
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That sounds really interesting! I would suggest you somehow visualize the MD taking over her life, sort of show that she is fading from the real world and being dragged into her own imagination. Generally it would be good to not only show the contrast of her real personality and her dd version of herself, but also the change from the beginning to later on in the movie (concerning her real personality) to show how much it takes over her life.
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