last week, for the first class of this screenwriting course, which i missed, being both sick and at swat, we were supposed to have a pitch. this week we were supposed to have 15 pages. i have neither; i'm scrambling to catch up. here's my thought:

main character: girl, 16, dorothy dwight. her parents have been separated since she was little but both are local. her mom is a republican politician, her dad something more low-key. she has generally normal, imperfect relationships with both. focuses more on high school dramas, particularly that she's dealing with the fact that somehow she's fallen into bed with another girl though she'd never thought of herself as queer. as she's struggling with the come-out question, her father drops the bombshell: he's met this other woman and he wants a formal divorce so he can marry her. other woman lives some distance away; he's willing to move and he wants dotty to accompany him. dotty's infuriated mother wants dotty to choose.
dotty's girlfriend suggests that dotty reveal her sexuality and let her parents' reactions determine who she goes with. that leaves dotty to wonder whether she's sure enough of it to declare it, and whether if she did either would still want her.