Update

Hi all! And when I say all I mean the two people following this blog, and anyone else who randomly stumbles upon this blog as you aimlessly browse the internet. If you're here, it means you've seen and are somewhat interested in the Korean drama "Mary Stayed Out All Night", and also, sadly, know what a failure of a drama ended up being. I had started this blog a while back to do a rewrite/adaptation/reconceptualizing of the drama in order to make myself feel better about it, and also to explore some of the themes I felt the drama should have touched on but didn't. I let it die for a while though, because I got discouraged and overwhelmed at what I had to do, but I'm back! I got a little pep talk from a friend, and desperately needed to be writing again, so here I am, once again picking up my pen and attempting to do justice to a good premise.

I'm happy to report that I have character sketches nearly done! And have a few major plot points planned. I'm actually super excited now - more so than when I first had the idea, because it's growing into something that I can actually visualize and I have a story that I want to tell. Which is great.

I've decided that I want the story to focus on the four main characters - Mae-ri, Mu-gyul, Jung-in and Seo-jun, and them basically dealing with being young and becoming adults. The whole premise of the story - young girl gets married to two different guys - means that you have young people dealing with things they shouldn't really have to deal with and thinking about questions that they normally wouldn't be, so it makes for a good contemplative-type drama. But, I do realize that bigamy is a pretty out there concept, particularly for 22 year olds, so I also want to keep it light and funny as well. It kind of has to be ridiculous, but I also want it to "think", if that makes any sense. I'm also kind of upset that I'm coming back to this after Lie to Me has aired, because the fake marriage thing is now done and done again, but hopefully, I can do something different with it.

As of right now, I don't plan to do any screenwriting, and will probably do more of a prose-as-outline style rewrite. Almost like I'm recapping the drama, only with a different story. I want to do it this way because it would be near impossible for me to write a script for a Korean drama, when I'm not Korean and am by no means expert on Korean culture. A lot of what makes k-dramas interesting and funny is the cultural element to it: they're very grounded in their place of origin, and the way familiar stories are told from the point of view of a different culture is what makes them appealing. So I don't want to mess with that, for fear of failing to meet up to expectations - my own and those of others. However, I will be consulting other k-drama fans and Korean friends for some ideas and suggestions, and inserting cultural elements that I am familiar with into the drama, so it won't be completely non-Korean. Also, as this is a "rewrite", I'm going to be borrowing a lot of ideas from the original drama. I mean, they had a lot of good stuff in there, they just didn't know what the hell to do with it.

So that's what's going on now. I want to finish my character sketches and outline a bit before posting my work on this blog, so you'll have to wait a bit longer, but please, if you're even curious, come back, read and let me know what you think!