Screenwriting : Small moments on the road by Bartosz Koliński

Bartosz Koliński

Small moments on the road

Hi everyone

Here’s a small slice from a project I’m working on:

Maggie and Henry are driving. The radio plays some pop music, and Maggie is singing along.

Henry turns off the radio.

Maggie (irritated): What are you doing?! I’ve listened to it!

Henry (calmly): I’ll turn it back, but first things first… Have you brought a gun?

Maggie reaches into her purse and pulls out a small gun.

Henry: Are you serious?

Maggie: What?! …It’s cute!

She puts the gun back. Henry turns the radio back on.

Glad to hear some feedback!

Michael Dzurak

Interesting, the gun is a decent hook. But I'd change "I've listened to it!" to "I was listening to that!"

Bartosz Koliński

Hi Michael Dzurak. Nice catch. that definitely sound better. Thanks

Maurice Vaughan

Hi, Bartosz Koliński! It's a nice start. Maybe describe the location and your characters' moods/etc. when the scene starts. And you could show things like "irritated" and "calmly" through action.

Libby Wright

Sounds like an interesting start... i want to know what happens next!

Bartosz Koliński

Maurice Vaughan I intentionally gave only dialog. I wanted to show the relationship between characters and only it, nothing more. I'm aware than ideas can be sometime taken by someone so I'm not showing more than I want to.

Kaylon Langford

This is interesting and good for the start

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