Script For Sale »

Charles Muley, A Therapist's journal

Synopsis: This is a story about a hated psychotherapist. named Charles Muley. The character writes his own journal then puts it into a novel if he isn't hired into his second job. You can categorize this as a contemporary genre. It dives into his various clients in his work. Different aspects of mental health, relationships, emotions, crime, and love. Mostly about mental health. He sees the hated geared toward him but doesn't take it personally.
Asking price: $100 - $1,000
Genre: Drama
106 Views

ATTORNEY WELSH:

"Tell us in detail one of these occurrences,“ questions her lawyer, Mr. Walsh.

MARA:

"I would check my photos and half of them have him peeking in through a window somewhere. I went out with my friend, Adam at the central Lake National Park, and I kept looking past my shoulder. We both felt watched. When I left him to leave, I saw his car parked side, blocking the exit to Adam’s car.

And as she says this the audience sees:

INT:
LAKE NATIONAL PARK. PARKING LOT

ARMANDO was yelling,

'Well, Ah’m goin’ after her today. Ah, ’m goin’ an’ fetch her back. You’ve straight up done too far.'

He reaches for his jacket pocket.

ARMANDO CONT.

'Talkin’ like a negotiator, man. Course that’s yo’ humble affairs, but I like to see grit in anybody. Now you’s done say sorry and get me my girl.'

ADAM:

'Please step away. She doesn’t want you around. You frighten her.'

ARMANDO:

'What, I mean no harm.'

ADAM:

'You step aside, I’m her boyfriend, not you.'

END OF HALF SCENE.

COURTROOM SCENE CONTINUED:

Between the judge’s bench, the jury box, and the counsel tables is a large, vacant area. Lawyers will often address the judge or jury or question witnesses from this area, and you may see a podium available for the lawyers to use.

ATTORNEY WELSH walks around inside the room, presenting his case:

"The defendant assumes they are still together and acts accordingly. However, after repeated times of telling him, they are over, the defendant refuses to accept this fact, Those photos prove her recollection. "

CAMERA ON the Aarco 84 by 84 projector screen, the jury and the audience see a selfie around trees, with Armando laying his back on one at the far end.

ATTORNEY WELSH:

"Now if we zoom in," Welsh says, controlling the PowerPoint hovering over the evidence, "We observe - it is in fact, Mr. Reyes."

CUT TO SCENE:
CHARLES solitary in his personal office:

I write on my notebook for each client one book with their names on the inside of the cover, to jot my notes down:

Ms. Gardener proclaims to have telepathy and pyrokinesis. She will end up in jail if she ever confesses to a bombing. She'll be glad to say it's her. More isolation will only worsen the condition.

CUT TO SCENE:
CHARLES BICKERING WITH SHAWNITA during their session:

CHARLES:

"You can't just add a thought into something and blame yourself. If you truly believe a fire is beautiful, why let it kill innocents? For the fun of it? If it is anarchy as well, you said you think about capitalism, what do you have against it?" I conjure my thoughts.

SHAWNITA:

She tried reasoning her blindness, “You can put a thought on anything and it’s yours.”

CHARLES (V.O.) as we see his thinking:

How could she say that? First, you think of a plan, then you set that thought to become a reality. Thus you consistently work towards that goal with each step. Those jumps create forward momentum. That momentum creates a feeling of meaning in your gut as you strive for a finished product. The final piece is the reward itself, not any monetary value or additional benefits. If you can get all those checked off, you have yourself a passion.

CHARLES:

“That’s step A,“ I say, “Now you need to put it into practice.”

NEXT CYCLE OF SESSIONS: 1ST SESSION:

Armando sits down with me at our 45th meeting.

CHARLES:

"So, she went to court and filed the restriction order, I saw this coming," I commented.

ARMANDO nods glumly at the ground, saying, "She flirted with many at once, seeing what sticks, bitch. She told the judge I reached for something in my jacket.pocket."

He pulls out a metal ball spiked as if it were a porcupine shell.

ARMANDO:

"I was gonna throw under the guy's car, hoping it pops a wheeler sum- thin, but naw man."

CHARLES:

"Well, you made the right choice."

2ND CYCLE, KAMILA SESSION:

I start off the discussion with the book, The Art of Not Giving a Shit, and of Witty Small Talk. I show her the self-improvement novel.

CHARLES:

"It is all about coming to terms with all of the inevitable unimportant impromptus in chatting, then choosing not to care about insolent people. IIts how to break the resilience to the awkward feeling of talking to others and how to fill in unresponsive talkers. I am assigning it to you. 5 chapters a day."

The book is orange with simple black lettering and one blood mark.

THE OFFICER tells me her mother has locked all sharp objects in the garage and she is not allowed there.

CHARLES:

"Any toys or sharp makeup supplies? " I say

KAMILA:

The girl responds, not upset, but calmly amending my comment, " first off, I am 13 and I can handle my makeup supplies and scent skin lotions. "

CHARLES:

"Anything dangerous, I mean," I say, restating my suggestion.

CHARLES:

I dig in for her opinion, "What do you do besides school?*

KAMILA:

"I paint."

CHARLES:

"Is that relaxing for you?"

KAMILA:

"..."

CHARLES:

" do you enjoy it?

KAMILA:

"Yes. "

CHARLES:

"Then keep at it. Now, do you have friends? "

KAMILA:

" … "

CHARLES:

"Talk to one person. Just one a day. A different person a day. Or once a week if that is too much. The human mind downsizes us when we are outside our comfort. So dumbfounded about what you are doing, It's new or different, your mind will try to stop you. It's a neanderthal's response to the unaccustomed and curious things. "

2ND CYCLE. FRECKLED KID'S SESSION: iNT: WAITING ROOM OF CHARLES THERAPY BUILDING.

The freckled kid walks in with her mother.

We tried getting him to sit down but he felt whining and resisting his mother's arms would be enough to be left alone.

MOTHER:

"Want candy? " her mother insists.

FRECKLED KID:

"Nwaaa! "

The child flounced out of the room after Mom let's go.

CHARLES:

"Let him be for now," I say.

She frowns.

CHARLES CONT.

"How did the timing go?"

MOTHER:

"We set 20 chips for ps4,12 to go to the park, five for one piece of sweets, 15 for the telly, ten for one hour of whatever action figures."

The talk spans one hour and I write it all down.

CUT TO LOERINE'S SESSION. 2ND CYCLE. CHANGE SCENE.

When I see Loerine, her blonde hair turns orange from the sun in small streaks. She smiles, honestly this time. Her eyes are predominantly sky blue, but her striations in the iris are a neutral blue.

LOERINE:

"Hello. '' with the E, a RE note, and the O in a MI note.

LOERINE CONT.

"My father was distant, " She says while her left leg swings to the other one.

LOERINE CONTINUED

"He would smile, but I only saw rage in his eyes, I could tell, if I flinched wrong, he would kill me. Just as this natural instinct is to kill Saudi Arabs and Pakistanis."

CHARLES:

"Apart from the military, is he racist?"

LOERINE:

"How can you tell a bad guy from a civilian over there? Sometimes they used children as bombers."

0.0 / 0 votes
Contact Author

Ian Rodrigo Carrillo Castro

Ian R. Carrillo Castro 28 October 2020 Short Bibliography If I were to write a paper about my life? What would I write? Well, this is what I would write. I am a leader, I am hardworking, and I am willing to set goals and use a creative strategy to solve it. I am a student because my parents believe it is smart to lead your kid off to a bright future. English class is always fun when doing essays because I have gotten the knack of writing them and narratives. Narratives can also be creative. Ever since I can remember, I’ve always been creative. I played with legos as a kid. Regularly I would buy ones from the merchandise of a movie. Even though they did not look as perfect as the scene on the screen, I would mix them with other pieces to be more accurate. Also, I ditched the instructions and I would figure out how to construct them on my own and see where I messed up. I built my own Batcave, suits, guns, avengers tower, and so on. I used my imagination to fit my interests instead of blatantly regurgitating what was asked of me. The important aspect was that I would create my own set, and not follow the rules. Nowadays, I am still creative. I am constantly having fun doing something creative, the only problem is I run out of creativity. In the meantime this would happen, I would read a book to keep occupied. One of my skills is making 3dmodels, here are many websites to do this on.. Tinkercad for example is an Autodesk website where one can create 3D images or models. Other similar sites include: Cospaces, Onshape, Sketchfab to view 3D, and Blender. In Tinkercad, I created a suit replica of the Batman Begins with it’s closet, all three Iron Man arc reactors from the movies, and more suits. I began writing when an English class in seventh grade struck me with how exhilarating writing is. In my want to pursue writing, I keep practicing at it. I went to creative writing courses and practiced. In my research of writing, I came across the book, Story, by Robert McKee. He explains the principles of story writing in the means of a script portrayed on a film, but is still a narrative. Types of plots: none or anti-plot, arch plot, and minimalist. McKee also says researching an area relating to your book to fight clichés. You know what clichés are, the nerd won't get a girl, or the jock without a brain. My father also bought me a book of flash cards giving ways to fix writer's block. Writing a mystery is, for then the reader will solve it by reading. An adventure is one where the character will see a series of events for fun. At least this is what I thought. Not anymore. An adventure story still has a want and cost relationship. Mystery is tried down to discoveries and setbacks to the detective. Or whoever solved it. Mckee also stresses the questions and mystery must be solved by the end. Talking to others when the time arises about life and events helps bring out other perspectives. Languages I speak are english and spanish. Skills and Interests are skateboarding, boxing and Bo staff tricks, calisthenics, weightlifting, researching the web, reading, making 3dmodels, creative writing, and watching movies. In Boxing, I went through Feb 2019 to Mar 2020 on Mondays and Fridays. Maxwell's' Boxing center. The one at Miramar Rd Site. The coach would have us shadowbox after putting on the tape, then we go for a round on the punching bags. Sometimes we would practice sparring with partners. The coach would give different punches with numbers assigned to them. Each in different combinations to do that day. I have always been athletically inclined. Not that I would join leagues, but that I would exercise. Besides the gym, I started skateboarding. First learn the ollies, slide one foot, and hop with both. then practice while riding. After the ollies, move on to nollies, 180’s, 360’s and from there you have the basics. There are probably 20 types ranging from backspin, heelflip, kickflip, bigspin, along with their combinations of 180 and full circle degrees. I keep falling, but persevere. Recently I bought a Bo staff to learn all sorts of spinning tricks. It's as though a windmill lives in my arms. As an eleven year old, I always dreamed of doing this as efficiently. No matter how fast you go, what matters is that you never stop. The continuous motion and weight from the thicker end of the staff drives the spin along my hands. I played DC comics associated video games. Their characters such as Robin and Nightwing used their martial arts technique to fight, thus I became eager to learn it. I also used to rock climb. I learned there you must follow a path of the guide colors on the walls. Especially the times you must climb while your belly faces the rock toward the ceiling, with only your fingers dangling on therock's edges. Another aspect... https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NRMU4epvVo_o3nJg9_MYatONEQZukhoNs-0oXFBZqf4/edit?usp=drivesdk 

Discuss this Charles Muley, A Therapist's journal script with the community:

0 Comments

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this screenplay to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "Charles Muley, A Therapist's journal" Scripts.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 22 Nov. 2024. <https://www.scripts.com/script-for-sale/charles_muley%2C_a_therapist%27s_journal_205>.

    Writers, wanna sell your screenplay?

    List your script on our marketplace and find a buyer!

    Producers / Industry professionals?

    Don't miss out on the next big hit! Sign up to get updates on newly available scripts for sale.


    The Studio:

    ScreenWriting Tool

    Write your screenplay and focus on the story with many helpful features.


    Quiz

    Are you a screenwriting master?

    »
    In screenwriting, what does "FADE IN:" signify?
    A The beginning of the screenplay
    B A transition between scenes
    C The end of the screenplay
    D A camera movement