{"id":62,"date":"2022-05-31T11:16:25","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T11:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/?p=62"},"modified":"2022-06-20T11:18:44","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T11:18:44","slug":"meet-commute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/?p=62","title":{"rendered":"Meet Commute"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"62\" class=\"elementor elementor-62\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eb04df4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"eb04df4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-314e4ab\" data-id=\"314e4ab\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31f9fdd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"31f9fdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Meet-Commute-Logo-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-66\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Meet-Commute-Logo-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Meet-Commute-Logo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Meet-Commute-Logo.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c17eeac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"c17eeac\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-af88368\" data-id=\"af88368\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e210370 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pdf_viewer\" data-id=\"e210370\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pdf_viewer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<iframe src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/viewer?url=http:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ilovepdf_merged_watermark.pdf&amp;embedded=true\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 640px; height: 1020px;\" frameborder=\"1\" marginheight=\"0px\" marginwidth=\"0px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09b06ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"09b06ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Trains are an incredible medium for storytelling. They are in constant motion but for flashes throughout their journeys, between one stop and the next, where we are held in moments of suspension. Worlds unfold in these bubbles. Though many of these stories may be of little consequence, we have all caught the eye of another passenger and wondered. Are they on their way to work or to a first date? What appears on a person\u2019s phone to provide them with a moment of unbridled joy or heartache?\u00a0Is this the beginning of someone\u2019s journey, or the end?<\/p><p>I wanted Isla to be one of the people who could not resist the pull of interfering with the unfolding narratives. Caught between the romanticisms of her favourite novels and the analytical mind of someone who trusts in the power of numbers, she develops a system that she believes will produce an endless stream of happy endings for so many miserable commuters, who barely look up as the train chugs through from station to station.<\/p><p>It was important for me that Isla is a character who is guided by a hope in humanity that we often find lacking in our daily lives.\u00a0Though described as a Rom-Com, I never wanted Isla\u2019s story to end with guaranteed romance. This\u00a0script\u00a0was one of the hopes we can find in unexpected spaces, especially when we connect with our fellow humans. Given the nature the current pandemic, human connection often feels like human disconnection, and I wanted this\u00a0story to alleviate those unhappy feelings and remind us that hope exists, even if it takes a little while to make its way to us.<\/p><p>When I had settled on this genre of hope and love, I wanted to ensure that it provided something that we find lacking in many mainstream romantic narratives: an LGBTQ+ lead.\u00a0As\u00a0a queer woman, I\u00a0find that most of the storylines\u00a0rely on a person\u2019s queerness as a point of contention (such as\u00a0Brokeback Mountain\u00a0or even\u00a0Booksmart).\u00a0It is very rare for a character\u2019s heterosexuality to be discussed at length and, with our access to a wealth of information on vast spectrum of sexuality and gender-identity, we should not need to explain every queer person\u2019s preference for a character of the same sex or identity.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trains are an incredible medium for storytelling. They are in constant motion but for flashes throughout their journeys, between one stop and the next, where we are held in moments of suspension. Worlds unfold in these bubbles. Though many of these stories may be of little consequence, we have all caught the eye of another passenger and wondered. Are they on their way to work or to a first date? What appears on a person\u2019s phone to provide them with a moment of unbridled joy or heartache?\u00a0Is this the beginning of someone\u2019s journey, or the end? I wanted Isla to be one of the people who could not resist the pull of interfering with the unfolding narratives. Caught between the romanticisms of her favourite novels and the analytical mind of someone who trusts in the power of numbers, she develops a system that she believes will produce an endless stream of happy endings for so many miserable commuters, who barely look up as the train chugs through from station to station. It was important for me that Isla is a character who is guided by a hope in humanity that we often find lacking in our daily lives.\u00a0Though described as a Rom-Com, I never wanted Isla\u2019s story to end with guaranteed romance. This\u00a0script\u00a0was one of the hopes we can find in unexpected spaces, especially when we connect with our fellow humans. Given the nature the current pandemic, human connection often feels like human disconnection, and I wanted this\u00a0story to alleviate those unhappy feelings and remind us that hope exists, even if it takes a little while to make its way to us. When I had settled on this genre of hope and love, I wanted to ensure that it provided something that we find lacking in many mainstream romantic narratives: an LGBTQ+ lead.\u00a0As\u00a0a queer woman, I\u00a0find that most of the storylines\u00a0rely on a person\u2019s queerness as a point of contention (such as\u00a0Brokeback Mountain\u00a0or even\u00a0Booksmart).\u00a0It is very rare for a character\u2019s heterosexuality to be discussed at length and, with our access to a wealth of information on vast spectrum of sexuality and gender-identity, we should not need to explain every queer person\u2019s preference for a character of the same sex or identity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[9,10,8,6,7],"class_list":["post-62","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scriptwriting","tag-ma","tag-masters","tag-screenplay","tag-script","tag-scriptwriting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Meet Commute - KGT Writes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Script by Kimberly Grant-Thomson as part of her Master&#039;s Degree at Falmouth University\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/?p=62\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meet Commute - KGT Writes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Script by Kimberly Grant-Thomson as part of her Master&#039;s Degree at Falmouth University\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/?p=62\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"KGT Writes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-05-31T11:16:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-06-20T11:18:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Meet-Commute-Logo-300x300.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"KGT\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"KGT\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/?p=62#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/?p=62\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"KGT\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5b5440a427c2f129df87fbad5e40f9de\"},\"headline\":\"Meet Commute\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-31T11:16:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-20T11:18:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/?p=62\"},\"wordCount\":392,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/?p=62#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Meet-Commute-Logo-300x300.png\",\"keywords\":[\"MA\",\"Masters\",\"screenplay\",\"script\",\"scriptwriting\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Scriptwriting\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/?p=62\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/?p=62\",\"name\":\"Meet Commute - KGT Writes\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/?p=62#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/?p=62#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Meet-Commute-Logo-300x300.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-31T11:16:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-20T11:18:44+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5b5440a427c2f129df87fbad5e40f9de\"},\"description\":\"Script by Kimberly Grant-Thomson as part of her Master's Degree at Falmouth University\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/?p=62#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/?p=62\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/?p=62#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Meet-Commute-Logo-300x300.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Meet-Commute-Logo-300x300.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/?p=62#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Meet Commute\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/\",\"name\":\"KGT Writes\",\"description\":\"The Writing Portfolio of Kimberly Grant-Thomson\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5b5440a427c2f129df87fbad5e40f9de\",\"name\":\"KGT\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3e36a992b91acde1109c61bcd5abbc37?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3e36a992b91acde1109c61bcd5abbc37?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"KGT\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/kgtwrites.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Meet Commute - KGT Writes","description":"Script by Kimberly Grant-Thomson as part of her Master's Degree at Falmouth University","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/?p=62","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Meet Commute - KGT Writes","og_description":"Script by Kimberly Grant-Thomson as part of her Master's Degree at Falmouth University","og_url":"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/?p=62","og_site_name":"KGT Writes","article_published_time":"2022-05-31T11:16:25+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-06-20T11:18:44+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Meet-Commute-Logo-300x300.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"KGT","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"KGT","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":["Article","BlogPosting"],"@id":"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/?p=62#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/?p=62"},"author":{"name":"KGT","@id":"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5b5440a427c2f129df87fbad5e40f9de"},"headline":"Meet Commute","datePublished":"2022-05-31T11:16:25+00:00","dateModified":"2022-06-20T11:18:44+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/?p=62"},"wordCount":392,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/?p=62#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Meet-Commute-Logo-300x300.png","keywords":["MA","Masters","screenplay","script","scriptwriting"],"articleSection":["Scriptwriting"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/?p=62","url":"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/?p=62","name":"Meet Commute - KGT Writes","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/?p=62#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/?p=62#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Meet-Commute-Logo-300x300.png","datePublished":"2022-05-31T11:16:25+00:00","dateModified":"2022-06-20T11:18:44+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5b5440a427c2f129df87fbad5e40f9de"},"description":"Script by Kimberly Grant-Thomson as part of her Master's Degree at Falmouth University","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/?p=62#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/?p=62"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/?p=62#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Meet-Commute-Logo-300x300.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Meet-Commute-Logo-300x300.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/?p=62#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Meet Commute"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/","name":"KGT Writes","description":"The Writing Portfolio of Kimberly Grant-Thomson","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5b5440a427c2f129df87fbad5e40f9de","name":"KGT","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3e36a992b91acde1109c61bcd5abbc37?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3e36a992b91acde1109c61bcd5abbc37?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"KGT"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/kgtwrites.com"],"url":"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162,"href":"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions\/162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgtwrites.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}