Project: Ninja vs Penguin
Penguin August 1st, 2008
I got the idea for the project a few weeks ago while I was working on Irreplaceably Precious. I was talking to Steph about the coming year and what we’d be doing. Initially, I had no idea, but I pulled something out of thin air and came up with… Ninja vs Penguin. Original, right?
After coming back from Kyrgyzstan, I decided to shelve IP for several reasons. I still didn’t have a proper 3rd act. Although there are parts of it I’m interested in, fundamentally, it’s not my story. And it’s not nearly as fun, interesting, or exciting as Ninja vs Penguin.
I had started some work before going to Kyrgyzstan, but I wanted to be serious about it. If you follow me on Twitter, you’ll know that I’ve been boning up on story structure and been doing some writing at the library.
Yesterday, I realized that there was this 1984 slant going on. I hadn’t read the book, so I dove deeper into the many pages of Wiki. I got the audio book and watched the film from 1984.
Ninja vs Penguin won’t nearly be as dark as 1984. It’s going to be cute, light-hearted, action packed, comedy.
I’m still deciding whether I want to do it as a web-series or just do a full fledged screenplay. As much as I want to shoot it and get it out there, I rather choose the format that’s best for the story.
-Penguin
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