There are lots of tips online about how to outline a screenplay, and how to sell your screenplay, and come up with a bestselling idea. But there isn't a ton on the nuts and bolts of writing a single scene in a screenplay. Here are a couple tips suggested by HG Nadel. Hopefully it helps you in your writing pursuits to keep you focused and cranking out a great script.

1) Figure Out Who Wants What and Why

Before you type in "fade in" and start writing, it's important to know who the scene is about. This is not always your main character. How do you find this out? Generally it's who has the most desire, the most to lose, and who is driving the direction of the scene.

Once you've got that-find out whom or what opposes the character w/ the most to lose. Could be the villain, could be a hurricane, could be mutant puppies, could be themselves. Setting up this conflict will not only keep you on course, but make for a more interesting scene.

2) Take the Emotional Temperature of the Scene..and Then Flip

It may sound new agey, but really it's nothing more than making sure you don't end the scene the same way you start it. Because that is... boring. Say your character is feeling great, is happy and in love. And we have a scene where they end it feeling great, happy and in love.

Nothing has happened. But if we end on her finding lipstick on his collar then something has happened. And we are intrigued. Do this simply by writing down the scene starts and finishes w/a smiley face/sad face or whatever you like. Do this for all your scenes and you can see the emotional trajectory of your story.

3) Get writing

Once you've got your stakes, and your emotional core get writing. As fast as possible. It's okay to riff here because you've got a basic structure to work with. You'll go through many drafts, but that's okay. Just get it down and keep going, and before you know it, you'll have a finished screenplay.

HG Nadel is a screenplay writer, self published author, recording artist, and a musician. Nadel has been in the film and television acting business for many years. She started as a child, when she was a singer signed by EMI France. Nadel has written numerous screenplays. Her expertise in young adult drama has allowed her to write captivating coming-of-age stories in both English and French
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