Inspiration

I'm currently in the process of attempting to write a short skit for this year's Fine Arts Festival. So far, it's not going so well. My first draft ending up being more of a monologue/sermon instead of an actual drama solo. So, some major retooling is required. I've got the theme and the message I want to put out, but how do I say it in a dramatic narrative less than five minutes long?

This evening I got some inspiration while watching, of all things, Dogma. Sure, it's a vulgar, crude, and blasphemous movie, but it's also writer/director Kevin Smith's outlet for his personal frustrations with the Catholic Church in particular, and organized religion in general. It's actually a very insightful movie containing several valid points. But, instead of being a long, drawn out lecture, Smith crafted it into an entertaining comedy using his unique style of storytelling.

And that's what I'm going to try to do. I need to take my lofty ideas and convey them through a quirky narrative of which I am accustomed to composing. I just don't quite know how to do it. But if Kevin Smith can make his Dogma, then I can surely make my own self-indictment.

Wish me luck.