| The Legend Of The Woogies: Rewritten |
| Isn't it strange how time passes? It's slightly surreal to realise, but this autumn the Legend Of The Woogies is only three years old. I say only, because it feels more like a lifetime. And it's a very strange lifetime. There have been three different Woogie adventures, but the first remains the only complete one. And as an interesting epilogue to the tale, it was decided to enter it for a "new talent" competition with a 'reputable' nationwide publishers. But upon re-examining something that I personally hadn't examined in quite some time, something dawned on me. It's pretty awful. So I decided that there was only one thing to do. Start from scratch. Sort of. They wanted three chapters and a synopsis. So, I took the basis for the original storyline, cleaned it up for a slightly younger demographic, and peppered it with ideas from the other two. And so, just for you hardcore devotees, here is the complete script as handed in. As an epilogue to this epilogue, it should be noted that due to youth work ventures, the closing date was missed by four hours. But at least it gave an excuse to start (and maybe, someday, finish) the second greatest story ever told. |
| THE LEGEND OF THE WOOGIES
By Peter Huey SYNOPSIS A long time ago in a land far, far away, there lived a Woogie. Actually, there were several. The Woogies were a peace-loving race, who were good people despite what you may have read in the tabloid press. Their only concern was food, shelter, and the cure for their hereditary chronic flatulence. However, when this cure became threatened, one of their number, who it turns out was a human boy who was only a Woogie by adoption, to recruit some brave outcasts and go and face down this threat, with some very silly results. The story is related in basic linear fashion but with many wickedly funny insights and asides, and quite a few educational aspects of which we’re quite proud of. But that’s really just to show everyone that we really can tell stories, regardless of any stupid exam paper said. The story also features danger, excitement, Australian wibbleboards, toilet jokes, a-level physics (not really) and advice on dealing with grown ups. There’s also a whole lot more that we don’t really want to mention because it might spoil the ending, or how much anyone might enjoy reading it. It is not a story for anyone who doesn’t like to have fun with their imagination. In fact, if you don’t have any kind of imagination, you probably shouldn’t even be reading this synopsis. But if you are still reading at this point, then we like you a lot already. [It goes without saying that we’d like you even more again if you told more people about this, but we have a feeling that that kind of talk could get us in trouble, so we’re not going to.] So we hope you enjoy our legend, because we think it’s pretty good. And if you don’t, oh well – we still think it’s pretty good, and our cult following agrees. |