a boy who lives with his brother in the slummy part of town. his brother has a dream to move away and start a new life but the boy needs him for school and other help. themes of drugs, violence and angst with a bittersweet ending.
start by focusing on the boy and slowly progress to focusing on the brother to show how he has grown throughout the story?
playing piano with the lights off, helps concentrate better.
parents died in a car crash
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who: two brothers
what: living their lives unhappily
When: modern day
Where: detroit, michigan
why: they live in poverty and dont know what to do
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Oscar, 25, older brother, piano player, protag, bi
Alan, 16, younger brother, troubled, antag,
Aspect
23
drug dealer / (very) addicted to drugs
trans
sidekick type
we really like aspect
Margo, 26, friend, owns a pug named Alfalfa, helps oscar out sometimes
(and the rest of oscars friend group)
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context: oscar was just about to move out of the state when his parents died and alan had to come live with him, so now hes stuck in detroit until whenever, taking care of his little brother. oscar has a good group of friends and they come over a lot
inciting incident: Alan murders somebody
kid gets addicted to drugs
kid murders somebody
the brother ends up being able to leave but its bittersweet because his brother's stuck in jail.
create a noticeable difference between the two.