Some typewritten notes from I don't know when. Probably 2005.
I usually think of my ending first, but I've struggled with the ending of A Familiar Place. My first draft felt like the end of Fight Club, and I really hate the ending of Fight Club. After I had a son, I rewrote the ending – he ends up killing the boyfriend, doesn't kill his wife, (doesn't kill himself in front of his children (Jesus, what was I thinking?) and only ends up realizing what he's about to do right at the end, and ends up being taken by police. In the back of the squad car he sees the X on the garage door he marked.
I want to take a stab at this. It really should feel like if I cut a trailer to this film, it should be set to the Talking Heads, Once In A Lifetime
And you may ask yourself
Where is that large automobile?
And you may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful house!
And you may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful wife!