Hopes and Dreams
Tags: Teenagers, Writing, Storytelling, Tik Tok, Life

Mid pandemic — I finally manned up and earned my drivers license at seventeen. This took many near death experiences, screaming, and a failed test. However, two weeks later my parents surprised me with my dream car. No. Not a Jeep. A Volkswagen Beetle. I can’t describe the love I have for my car. I will probably love this car more than I’ll love my future child. To give you a clear description, she’s gray, and I have added pink to the interior. I’ve also added some battle scars, but everyone has damage right? After getting “her” in June, I’ve hit a fire hydrant, a mailbox, a fence, a parked car, and many curbs. Like I said, battle scars. Now you may ask “why is she telling me about her car?” Well, this connects to my new dream. When I drive, I think, and because of the pandemic, there’s nothing to do, but drive. I started to drive so much, my sisters and I couldn’t listen to music anymore because we were sick of our playlist. Eventually we decided to match each song we heard with a random scenario. For example: a sad song for a death. Eventually, this escalated to doing this game every single day,for weeks. Soon, we had so many random ideas, we got sick of making new ones. My brilliant mind went “what if we make a tv show with an idea we already had?” We did. Like seriously, we did. We have completed episodes, scripts, playlists, cast aspirations, and even decorated our room for character inspiration. Every single day we drive for four hours, cramped in my beetle, and work on “the show.” Now, our life revolves around our hypothetical show. This may sound sad but it is better than crying and eating. Anyways, we wrote the show around typical teenagers struggling with growing up, dating, sexuality, drug use, and broken homes. Yes, it sounds basic, but I promise you it’s pretty good.

I don’t want to write out a summary, because duh, what if I get famous. But what I will say is, we have written in representation for the lgbtq community, poc community, different religions, and mental health. The show is very humor based, showing how teenagers very often cope with jokes in serious situations. The relationships vary, and we try to leave out labels when it comes to sexuality. Our character descriptions are very diverse, and we try to write our characters as uniquely as possible. Don’t get me wrong, some are stereotypical, but we’ve attempted to add a twist to each one. The main characters are written after my sisters and I, trying to make them as real as possible. We have also incorporated eating disorders, suicide, addiction, and ptsd. We decided eating disorders are typically portrayed by feelings unhappy with your body, we wanted to show the side of control and represent that. Addiction has lately had some really good tv shows, we wanted to add our own insight on it. Personally, I’ve dealt with mental health issues and met young teens dealing with substance abuse. The stories being used are all loosely based on individuals I’ve encountered. Feelings and habits, not the person themselves. Everything else slowly gets unraveled, again, personal examples are used. My sisters and I often find ourselves screaming at eachother saying our ideas are too cheesy. At least this way, if it’s similar to real life, it can’t be too cheesy right?