In Medias Res

"FADE IN/LIGHTS UP"JUMPING INTO YOUR STORY
FADE IN:
INT. IN FRONT OF YOUR COMPUTER - NOW
SCRIPTED WHIM                    Be economical. Your first ten   pages or less should introduce   the genre, protagonist, world,   and the situation of your piece.   And should do so with an   attention-grabbing flair. This                   exercise will help you eliminate                   the unessential from your writing.
First day with the Secret Service.
One drink too many at a wedding.
Love at first sight gone sour.
Trapped in the house with a mysterious hostile.
SCRIPTED WHIM                    Use any of the one sentence   prompts above or create your   own to develop a one page scene.   Begin at your story's most   interesting moment. Be sure to   establish a genre, introduce a   protagonist, a dilemma, and a   setting. And remember...conflict,   conflict, conflict.FADE OUT:THE END