The Toughest Scene I Wrote: “Room”

Once again, Vulture does screenwriters a solid:

Vulture is speaking to the screenwriters behind 2015’s most acclaimed movies about the scenes they found most difficult to crack.

In an article about the movie Room, screenwriter Emma Donoghue “shares the struggle she faced in cutting an emotional scene while writing the movie”:

There was one plot point I always assumed would be as crucial in the film as it was in the novel: Long after their escape, Ma (Brie Larson) tells Jack (Jacob Tremblay) that she had a baby girl before him, stillborn because she had no medical care during the birth.

Where that scene would have gone:

For the rest of the article, go here. Kudos to Vulture for this annual series which puts the spotlight on screenwriters.