Week 5: Brief 2

This week I decided to talk to a few of my friends who are also fans of the TV show The Office. I thought it would be similar to an online fan-fiction forum if I ran my ideas past others who have the same sense of humor. One of my friends in particular said that he found the idea of making characters homosexual a little too far-fetched, and possibly offensive to the gay community. Although I don't entirely agree with these points, I did take my friend's opinions on-board. He suggested other options, that included:

- Making Dwight Schrute the boss of Dunder Mifflin in the place of Michael Scott. I didn't really consider this as an idea, however, because this idea has already been explored in the series itself and I wanted to do something original. My ideas seemed more unusual than this, as they hadn't been found in the screenplay.

- Roy (Pam's fiance and Jim's enemy) developing a love for Jim himself. I agreed that this dynamic would be ironic, as the entirety of the series Roy openly despises Jim and his blossoming romance with the woman he loves. 

I am yet to decide which of my ideas would make for the best fan-fiction.

Aside from these developments in my assignment, I also researched how you can effectively and believably alter the attributes of various characters. I did this by reading fan-fictions online, focusing mainly on those based on The Office to better aid my plot. Some of my findings, in my own words, were as follows:

-Reflect on the contrasting traits of other characters who you want your main character to interact with.

-Once you've decided on a situation to put your chosen characters in, ensure that there aren't any key moments in the actual series that occur in that place. That will confuse familiar audiences and cause for mix-ups of alternate story-lines.

-Try to use the correct vernacular voice of the character you are channeling.