I have been very harsh to a lot of movies this year, and when I look at what’s coming up, I will more than likely continue to be. So it’s only fair I share some of my own writing with the world, so here goes.

You see it a lot on social media, posts saying “Have you seen this person?”, and people share it far and wide. I very rarely do this, and it’s because of my paranoid nature. Whenever I see a post like that, I think, “What if they don’t want to be found?” And I know that’s terrible, but what if an abusive husband was using the kindness of strangers to locate his ex-partner who left him? With enough “helpful” people, he’ll be able to pin down her location, and that thought scares me. Rather than just say that out loud on Facebook, I wrote it in a script, and then only had that moment last about 20 seconds. This is a first draft, but I’m interested in feedback. Oh, trigger warning for domestic violence, it’s not shown but is talked about.

The one thing that does concern me is if it’s clear enough what’s happening. I think I’ve written it in a way that readers/viewers can figure out it’s all taking place on social media, but that might be because I know that’s what it is. There must be another way of doing it, and I’m curious what it would be. I didn’t want to run the risk of being obnoxious and pushing that aspect in the audience’s face, so it was difficult to find that balance. I think I also need to introduce the concept of Mikaela