LOGLINE:
Will Taylor is an up and coming writer who has
recently received a book deal, unable to get a spark of creativity; Will
searches for a new source of inspiration. After the murder of his neighbor,
Will’s interest and determination to write a book lead him on dangerous path,
as he looks closer at the murder. Hell bent on been accurate and getting the
facts for his story, Will gains the suspicion of not only the police, but also
the murderer.
Act One
Will Taylor is lying in bed listening to
music through his earphones, his bedroom hasn’t been cleaned in a number of
days, judging by the clothes on the floor and the plates and bowls that are
stacking up by his bed. Will begins lip syncing to the song while trying to
start his new novel, with his hands struggling to type actual words on his
computer, Will begins to get angry and tears out his earphones and throws them
across the room.
Will takes a deep breath and attempts at
typing his story again, not long after he begins writing his phone starts
ringing, it’s his agent. Will ignores the call and turns back to continue his
work when he receives a text, the text is a threat telling him to answer the
phone, the phone rings again and this time Will answers. A conversation takes
place where the agent is asking Will about his progress on the book, Will lies
and tells the agent what they want to hear but the agent knows Will is lying
and yells at him to get it done. The now angry Will after been yelled out
decides he is in no state or condition to write and calls his friend to meet up
with him.
Will and his friend Eli are walking through
a mall, Will starts to discuss his problem while Eli’s concentration keeps
getting distracted. Will brings up this girl he likes and how after he’s done
with the book he’ll have the time and money to win her over, Eli reveals that
he has slept with the girl recently on a night out. Will’s temper rises and Eli
tries to comfort him by saying he didn’t think Will would mind cause he was
busy writing the book. The two arrive at a Café and discuss this conversation
more.
Will returns home even more angry and upset
then when he left and comes to the realization that every problem he has right
now can be traced back to this book. He starts angrily typing about how his
life sucks and is divided on weather he should call the girl he likes, knowing
now that Eli has slept with her. Will falls asleep out of exhaustion at his
desk.
Act Two
Will wakes up in the middle of the night to
sirens and flashing lights, he goes outside to investigate and sees that his
elderly neighbor has died. He talks to a police officer on the scene that tells
him that she was murdered a few hours ago and discovered by the victims
daughter, they believe this isn’t the first time this person has committed
murder due to similarities with other recent murders. Will starts wondering why
anyone would want to hurt his neighbor and describes her as harmless, Will
begins to think of all the possible reasons and realizes he has found his
inspiration. He races back to his room and begins writing his idea down. Will
titles it “ The Diary of a Serial Killer”.
Morning arrives and Will is still at his
desk and is just finishing off a huge portion of his book, pleased with what he
has, Will calls his agent to tell them that they can expect the first draft by
Monday. He sits back down to continue writing and realizes he has no idea how
it is going to end, this angers Will again and he comes to the solution that he
needs more facts and information about the case. He calls the police but they
wont reveal anything about an on going investigation and then he calls Eli to
help him break into the crime scene so he can have a look round, Eli tells him
that he’s mad and not to do it, just when Will starts to agree he hears the
voice of the girl he likes in the background of Eli’s phone, this triggers Will
to go through with his plan.
Will sneaks in to the house at night via
the back door after paying two homeless people to fight each other to divert
the police officers attention who are watching the house. He looks through the
house too see if there is anything useful to add to his story and then makes
his way to the room she was killed in. Will sees the outline of where the body
was found and the blood surrounding it, he searches the room and finds pictures
of the deceased with her daughter, Will had never seen the daughter look so
happy. Will immediately decides that his book will reveal the serial killer to
be the victim’s daughter and races home to finish writing. With Will no longer
at the crime scene, a dark figure emerges from the shadows.
Act Three
Will finishes his book and is proud of the
ending and the twist his book has, he saves his work and is so excited to show
his agent it on Monday. Will starts to feel cold and notices his window has
been left open, he closes it and then goes of to bed and falls asleep almost
instantly. Will awakens again in the middle of the night; he senses that
someone else is in the room, fearing for his life he decides to stay completely
still and it is revealed that the dark figure/killer is in the room with him.
Will closes his eyes tight and wishes that nothing is there, he then quickly
jumps out of bed and sees that the room is completely empty, he searches around
to find that his window is open, a now confused and concerned Will returns to
bed.
Will wakes up still chuffed at himself for
completing the book and goes to his computer to print it out, he notices that
the ending he wrote is now missing and has been deleted from his document, Will
checks when the document was last saved and it says 2:03am last night which is
impossible because Will was asleep. Will
hears a loud banging noise on his door and the police burst in, they restrain
Will and see his story on his computer but to them it’s just a detailed explanation
of a killer that they’re investigating. They tell Will that an anonymous tip
told them he was involved and that the murder weapon is in his home, Will
laughs and claims they made a mistake but suddenly quiets down when an officer
walking’s in holding an award statue with dried blood on it, an officer says
that this is the writing award the daughter said was missing from her mothers
house. The lead investigator makes a remark about Will not been able to win his
own award so he killed the victim for hers, Will is then taking downstairs and
put inside a police car. Will hears yelling and turns around to find the
daughter shouting “Bastard” at him, once she has Will’s attention she smiles at
him proving Will’s story is true and then she continues to cry and yell. The
police car drives off, taking Will away after been set up by the daughter.
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