Scene-Writing Exercises [2016]
Here are 20 scene-writing prompts.
At a fundamental level, screenwriting is scene-writing. Here are prompts for the 4th annual series GITS Scene-Writing Challenge. Use these to improve your scene-writing chops.
A character has a ‘conversation’ with him/herself in the mirror
A character reviews a series of voice mails, each with worse news
A pet uses voice-over narration to comment on a family fight
A scene inspired by this photograph
A scene set in an inhospitable environment, e.g., outer space, underwater, desert
A scene where the entire conversation takes place off-screen
Introduce a character with a memorable impression
One character has to break bad news to the other
Settling an argument by playing Rock, Paper, Scissors
Smack talk at a sporting event
Strangers biding time in a hospital emergency waiting room
The audience knows something the characters don’t
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