"LIFE & DEATH"RAISING THE STAKES IN YOUR SCRIPT
FADE IN:
INT. IN FRONT OF YOUR COMPUTER - NOW
SCRIPTED WHIM Make your audience care. Give your characters tough choices
and the potential for harsh
consequences. Not all dilemmas
pit life against death, but if
you can put the psychological
or literal livelihood of a
character at stake, then do.
This exercise will help you to
raise the stakes in your writing.
Piece of pie.
Superbowl ticket.
Fish in a pet store.
Barber.
SCRIPTED WHIM Choose one of the items above
and write a 2-page scene about
the last of that item and the
two characters who want it.
Only one of them can have it.
And remember...conflict, conflict, conflict.FADE OUT:THE END