Scene-Writing Exercises [2018]

Here are 20 scene-writing prompts.

At a fundamental level, screenwriting is scene-writing. Here are prompts for the 6th annual series GITS Scene-Writing Challenge. Use these to improve your scene-writing chops.

A character suddenly begins to cry
A character talking to their reflection in a mirror
A dream
A poem
A secret revealed
An argument in a library
An obnoxious Uber driver
Baby talk
Conversation while dancing
Deathbed
Getting fired
Handling two phone calls at once
Jump cut
Making an excuse
SCREAMING!
Start in the middle of the scene
Taking a shower
Talking heads
Two parents at a youth sporting event
Use voice-over narration to convey reading or writing a letter

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