Scene-Writing Exercises [2017]

Here are 22 scene-writing prompts.

At a fundamental level, screenwriting is scene-writing. Here are prompts for the 5th annual series GITS Scene-Writing Challenge. Use these to improve your scene-writing chops.

A 9–1–1 emergency call

A bar. A bartender. A patron… getting drunk

A coach gives a motivational speech to their team

A good, entertaining montage or series of shots

A parent-teacher conference

A ride-sharing driver and their customer

A scene in which a hammer plays a key role

A scene that ends with a cliffhanger

A scene with a twist

A scene with no dialogue

An adult just happens to run into their middle school bully

Asking someone to dance

Confessing to a priest

“I want a divorce”

Rehearsing an apology

Sales pitch

Saying grace at a big family event

Someone discovers their mate is having an affair

Someone gives a driving lesson to an amateur driver

Strangers stuck together in an elevator

Trying to appear knowledgeable about wine

Trying to talk one’s way out of a traffic ticket

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