Scene-Writing Exercises [2019]

Here are 20 scene-writing prompts.

At a fundamental level, screenwriting is scene-writing. Here are prompts for the 7th annual series GITS Scene-Writing Challenge. Use these to improve your scene-writing chops.

Barber shop conversation
B.O.B. (Bit Of Business)
Dramatic Irony
Drive-thru order gone awry
Elevator ride
Forced subtext
Interruptions
Nightmare
Pickup line
Pitch meeting
Radio Dialogue
Stoned
Stutter
Talking Heads
Talking out loud to oneself
Texts between several people
“They stare at the pills in their hand”
Trash talking
Walk and Talk
Whisper

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Scene-Writing Exercises (2016)
Scene-Writing Exercises (2017)
Scene-Writing Exercises (2018)

That’s 140 scene-writing prompts, yet another free GITS resource!