I began writing OCODA in mid-September of 2025. When I started at Humber Polytechnic, one of the primary focuses in our script class was to create a story that could be told in four minutes. Four minutes felt limiting at first. I was used to letting ideas breathe, to stretching moments out. Suddenly, I had to be precise. Intentional. Every second had to matter. That constraint ended up being the thing that pushed me in the right direction. After a long brainstorming process,