Write a scene where a literal match lights a
fuse that ignites a bomb
Use special effects and cinematic
conventions.
Let the director and actors figure it out
No fourth wall
Bonus all female characters
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That one actually looks
like fun but I'm on the hunt for another scene in the love potion play, so...
Flashback.
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MICAH working the
merchandise table for one of Auggie's music gigs.
SARAH approaches.
MICAH
Hi.
SARAH
Hi. CDs?
MICAH
Absolutely. He's got three right now. Fourth is in process.
SARAH
I'd
never heard him before but a couple of my friends thought I'd like the
sound. They were right.
MICAH
He
has a great voice, doesn't he?
SARAH
Very
smooth, very easy to listen to.
MICAH
Never
get sick of it.
SARAH
Well,
it's a good thing, I guess. You must
hear him a lot.
MICAH
They
say voices can run in families. If he
had a gay brother, we'd probably disappear, I'd have him sing to me all the
time, you'd never see me again.
SARAH
So,
not a member of the family.
MICAH
Nope,
just a friend.
AUGGIE appears.
AUGGIE
"Just
a friend," listen to you.
(to SARAH)
The
guy's almost my entire support system.
He's practically my roadie.
MICAH
Only
when you're in town.
AUGGIE
Which
is half the time.
Some brief guy rough-housing.
MICAH
(back to business)
Customer,
dumbass.
AUGGIE
(extends a hand)
Absolutely. Totally rude.
My bad. Auggie.
SARAH
Sarah.
MICAH
First-timer.
SARAH
New
convert.
AUGGIE
I'm
flattered.
SARAH
You
should be. I don't always go for the
singer-songwriter type.
Not
that I'm "going for you."
AUGGIE
The
music.
SARAH
Right.
MICAH
He's
single.
AUGGIE swats MICAH.
AUGGIE
All
the subtlety of a bull elephant.
SARAH
You
know what, I can't decide. I'll take one
of each.
MICAH
Good
first impression. Well done, Auggie.
SARAH
Lyrics
in the liner notes.
AUGGIE
Else
what are liner notes for.
SARAH
Congrats
on not cranking out a whole bunch of songs about a woman's body parts or trying
to get her in bed.
MICAH
Oh
he's got those.
AUGGIE swats MICAH
again.
MICAH (cont'd)
Just
not on the CDs.
AUGGIE
College. I grew up.
SARAH
I
like that you see a wider world outside yourself. All the nature stuff.
MICAH
Don't
get him started on camping.
SARAH
And
you've had your heart broken.
Pause.
AUGGIE
Once
or twice.
SARAH
But
you're not angry.
AUGGIE
At
myself, maybe.
SARAH
You
play the harmonica like you know what melancholy means.
MICAH
What
is it about the harmonica anyway?
SARAH
I
know, right?
MICAH
It
seems like it should be so old-timey, like Depression era stuff.
SARAH
But
when you hear it -
MICAH
Especially
in conjunction with the guitar.
SARAH
And
that voice.
MICAH
You
have absolutely no defenses against it.
AUGGIE
And
the blush has started at my toes and worked its way up my entire body at this
point.
MICAH
He
actually does blush over his entire body.
SARAH
Seen
it, have you?
MICAH
Well,
not everything, obviously.
SARAH
College.
MICAH
Different
P.E. electives, different locker rooms.
AUGGIE
Standing
right here.
SARAH
So
there's a whole set of the harmonicas.
Are they each a different key or something.
AUGGIE
Yup. You nailed it. That's how it works.
SARAH
Juggling
all of that in your head - the guitar, the singing, the harmonica - the
logistics of it baffle me.
MICAH
Same
here.
SARAH, of the CDs she just bought.
SARAH
Thanks,
for the music.
AUGGIE
No,
thank *you*.
Check
out the website.
My
contact email's on there.
SARAH
Maybe
I'll do that.
First
I've got some listening to do.
OK
to pester you with questions.
AUGGIE
I
look forward to it.
SARAH
Have
a nice night.
AUGGIE
You
as well.
MICAH
Good
meeting you.
SARAH
And
you.
SARAH goes.
AUGGIE
Oh
man. I am in such trouble.
MICAH
You're
adorable. Stop it.
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