Willowstone's Nemesis
GENRE
ROMANCE MYSTERY DRAMA SUSPENSE/THRILLER
Core Theme
WRONGFUL ACCUSATIONS, COMING OF AGE
TIME PERIOD
20th Century (multiple decades)
COMPARABLE TITLES
SKINS.
CHARACTER LIST
ALEXANDER. 17 YEAR-OLD. SARCASTIC AND DARK, SENSITIVE, IMMATURE.
IAN. 17 YEAR-OLD. ALEXANDER'S FRIEND. CHARISMATIC, CHARMING, LOVING, SOCIAL.
SUZANNE. 40'S. LANDLADY OF THE HOUSE ALEXANDER IS STAYING IN WILLOWSTONE. FRAGILE, SAD, MOTHERLY.
JADE. 16. ALEXANDER'S LOVE INTEREST. BEAUTIFUL, CHARMING, MYSTERIOUS.
ROBERT. 40'S. SUZANNE'S AND JADE'S ASSASSIN.
Logline
Is the inner journey of a peculiar teenage guy that went to England to escape his responsability and the numbness of his reality.Through freedom, friendship, love and led by dreams and an unexpected cathartic closure he reaches the depht of himself, guided by female figures towards his wholeness.
Target Audiences
Age: 13-17,18-34,35-54,55+
Target Gender: Universal
Setting
the imaginary town of Willowstone - England
Based on a True Story
Yes
Publishing Details
Status: No
Starting Description
Alexander start a journey with his best friend and accomplice Ian. Both are ecxited and face the new reality carefreely, with poetry and wild fun until Alexander starts to have weird dreams and encouters love for the first time.Meanwhile strange things are happening in the house where Alex is hosted
Ending Description
Alexander establishes a strange, deep connection with his landlady, who finds herself tied to the girl that he loves in a tragic and cathartic end that restablish a new intimacy with another woman of his life: his mother.
Group Specific
Information not completed
Hard Copy Available
No
ISBN
Information not completed
Mature Audience Themes
Language/Profanity
Plot - Other Elements
Meaningful Message
Plot - Premise
Internal Journey/Rebirth,Voyage and Return,Tragedy
Main Character Details
Name: Alexander
Age: 17 years old
Gender: Female
Role: Protagonist
Key Traits: Badass,Charming,Complex,Empathetic,Sexy,Sarcastic,Visionary,Lone Wolf
Additional Character Details
Name: Ian
Age: 17 years old
Gender: Male
Role: Sidekick
Key Traits: Confident,Charming,Faithful,Leader,Funny,Skillful,Outspoken,Narcisstic
Additional Character Details
Name: Jade
Age: 16 yo
Gender: Female
Role: emotional
Key Traits: Charming,Complex,Engaging,Naive,Sexy,Romantic,Seductive
Additional Character Details
Name: jade
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Role: antagonist
Key Traits: Sexy,Gracious,Naive,Seductive,Secretive,Charming,Complex
Development Pitch
This short novel was meant to be a movie or a tv series from the beginning because of its sensoriality. There's a lot going on underneath the reality and only sounds, images and motions can describe it entirely. Whoever experienced their teenagehood fully and crave to jump back right in what it feels like and to Remember the unique connection to life and its fire that you can have only at that age is welcome in this journey. The feeling of being immortal, the depth of the friendship, the arrogance of it. All of this is experienced on a boy point of view, but well balanced with the mistery of the female figure who disguises herself as an opponent, as a nemesis, in order to guide the protagonist towards his wholeness through mysticism, catharsis, love(when is so good that hurts uh!), death and all the facet of emotional depth to arrive at discovering himself complete, adult. This short, reckless story stages the archetype of the witch hunt, the eternal tension between male and female, a hymn to stolen innocence and the wild and ferocious thirst for freedom, all orchestrated towards an ending that asks for blood and blood will have.
Genre
SUSPENSE, THRILLER, DRAMA
Brief
Alexander is a 17-year old boy who, along with his friend Ian, flies to England looking for fun and to escape reality. However, as his landlady and love interest are killed on Halloween night, he ends up reevaluating his relationship with his mom.
Overall Rating
FAIR
Narrative Elements
Authors Writing Style: GOOD
Characterization: FAIR
Commerciality: GOOD
Franchise Potential: GOOD
Pace: FAIR
Premise: GOOD
Structure: FAIR
Theme: FAIR
Accuracy of Book Profile
Book profile reflects book accurately.
Draw of Story
Dark environment and mysterious characters are nicely described by the author and make the story fairly enticing.
Possible Drawbacks
The sequence of facts unfold too fast. Characters and facts are underdeveloped. There is not enough material to get involved with the story or characters, which seem at first interesting.
Use of Special Effects
THE STORY RELIES A LITTLE BIT ON SPECIAL EFFECTS
Primary Hook of Story
Characters are interesting, and even though protagonist is a teenager, is hinted to have more depth than usual.
Fanbase Potential
It could have a large fanbase if adapted and if character's personalities traits are deepened.
Awards Potential
It could have awards potential depending on how plot would unfold if the story is expanded.
Envisioned Budget
MEDIUM BUDGET
Similar Films/TV Series
SKINS
What’s New About the Story
The originality of the story arises from the stream of consciousness of the protagonist who, even though is a teenager and considers himself a careless creep, is a clever observant and is highly sensitive to people's feelings. His journey towards allowing himself to have feelings about women could be interesting if developed.
Lead Characters
Alexander is a witty and observant teenager who has a strong connection with his friend Ian. Ian is a charming and cool young boy. Their friendship and connection could be better explored. Suzanne is a dark, mysterious and vulnerable character and could also make up for a very interesting one.
Uniqueness of Story
In general, I highly recommend the story to be better developed as the plot is interesting and author has an interesting and captivating writing style.
Possible Formats
Film - Indie
Analyst Recommendation
WORK IN PROGRESS
Justification
Because there is not enough material to understand who characters really are, their motivations, affections, fragilities and what is the depth of relations between them.
Tips for Improvement
Characters should be better worked on, as well as the relation between them and unfolding of facts.
Brief
Young boy and his friend go to England to spend some time away and have some fun, but the brutal assassination of two women he was coincidently close to end up changing his life forever.
What We Liked
This is a dark story involving a careless teenage boy just seeking to have some fun outside his home country but who ends up getting involuntarily involved in two crimes as he grew close to two women murdered by the same man on Halloween night.
Film: It would be a good adaptation for film as the mood of the story changes fast as it goes from a careless and fun halloween night between teenagers to shocking crime scenes involving protagonist and two women he briefly was involved with.
TV: It would be a good adaptation for TV as characters are mysterious and nuanced, plot is interesting, shocking and surprising.
Key points: Interesting and unusual protagonist; surprising ties between characters; scary crime scene in an apparently fun night; mysterious environments; protagonist learns with his experience.
Synopsis
Alexander is a teenager who decides to leave for a sabbatical in England with his charismatic friend Ian. In Willowstone, he is staying in Suzanne's big house. Suzanne is a mysterious and fragile woman who owned lots of cats and had a relationship with a man named Robert.
One day, Suzanne tells Alexander that Robert left, and asks him to go to church with her, which he surprisingly accepts due to her sadness. He then starts to develop a deeper connection with her, while he sees similarities between her and his mother.
As Alexander is having fun with his friend Ian in this new town, he begins to have feelings for a beautiful girl named Jade.
On Halloween night, which Ian was looking forward to, Alexander and his friends get drunk and have fun, while he gets closer to Jade and kiss her.
Suzanne tries to call Alexander, who doesn't answer. Jade also receives a call and walks away.
When he gets back to Suzanne's, he realizes she has been murdered by Robert. It is revealed that Jade was also assassinated at the same night - Jade was Suzanne's granddaughter and was having an affair with Robert, who confessed killing both.
When Alexander flies back to his hometown to recover from such traumatic events, he then feels for the first time inclined to allow a deeper connection with his mom.