Wes Ellis./ a personal notebook
Technology. Stories. Side projects.
A few things worth writing down.

Writing / Scripts & stage

Scripts & stage.

Things written to be performed: a stage musical, an old screenplay and a short film. None of them is finished. They're here so I can finish them, a scene at a time.

Stage musical8 scenes

Analog

A stage musical about young artists and service workers whose jobs are being handed to AI, and who band together to prove the human part still matters.

Status
Concept, running order and five finished songs. The book and most of the score aren't written yet.
Length
1,604 words
Short film5 scenes

Little Man

A grieving father lives through his son's life in reverse, from the funeral back to the night he was born.

Status
Early development. Five dialogue scenes, no full screenplay yet.
Length
1,224 words
Crime drama, screenplay11 scenes

Night Swimming (the screenplay)

In Ocala, Florida, a teenage acid dealer who's obsessed with staying in control grows his business from high school friends to Orlando penthouses, and falls for the one girl who could cost him all of it.

Status
First draft, unfinished. It stops in the middle of the deal in Miami.
Length
12,804 words