Chatterbox: Inkwell

Screnzy! Or Script Frenzy or Frenzy. It's like NaNoWriMo but with scripts and it started today. You write 100 pages of (formatted) script (which is way easier than it sounds, since one properly formatted page ~150 words). Anyone else gonna try?

Here's an exert from mine (working title is Future Daniel, but I don't like that much so it'll probably change):

EXT. SCENE - A PARK, DAYTIME

We see several people sitting on wooden benches, in the middle of a picnic.

FUTURE DANIEL (V.O.)

You can tell a lot about a person by the way they eat their watermelon.

We see PICNIC GUY #1 hunched over a half watermelon, eating it in random chunks.

FUTURE DANIEL (V.O.)

Like, that guy? He’s a procrastinator. Real funny guy, too. His locker’s probably a mess.

PICNIC GUY #2 methodically cuts cubes of watermelon to form a checkerboard pattern.

DANIEL (V.O.)

That one’s a neat-freak. Bit of a sports nut, most likely.

Pan to NICOLE, sitting apart from the main group.

FUTURE DANIEL (V.O.)

Now, her…

We see NICOLE scooping out her watermelon counter clockwise from the center.

FUTURE DANIEL (V.O.)

She’s got a rebellious streak, that one. Let’s see…

A BOY stands with a bowl of watermelon cubes, stuffing his face with them.

FUTURE DANIEL (V.O.)

Hm. Must be a good watermelon.

PICNIC GUY #3 uses a spoon to shave off thin layers of watermelon.

FUTURE DANIEL (V.O.)

Don’t see that one very often. He’s a quiet sort, likes a good book. Nice, calm sort of guy.

DANIEL sighs heavily.

FUTURE DANIEL (V.O.)

Me? I eat my watermelon counterclockwise to the centre. 

(pause)

Everyone thinks I’m mad.

(another pause)

I’m not, you know. I’m as sane as anyone. Saner than a good many, too.

EXT. SCENE - A STREET, CONTINUOUS

We see DANIEL walking along a street, hands in his pockets. It is very overcast.

FUTURE DANIEL (V.O.)

Yeah, that’s me. I don’t look crazy, do I?

DANIEL is hit in the back of the head with a pine cone. We hear hysterical laughter and DANIEL whirls around.

DANIEL

Who threw that? Who? I’ll get you, whoever you are! You will pay!

FUTURE DANIEL (V.O.)

Um… I’m not normally like that.

DANIEL

Enjoy your last peaceful day, fiends! You will pay!

We hear more laughter. Another pine cone flies from an alley and hits DANIEL in the forehead.

DANIEL is stunned.

FUTURE DANIEL (V.O.)

Oh, here it comes…

DANIEL suddenly shrieks and runs off around a corner.

FUTURE DANIEL (V.O.)

That was embarrassing.

INT. SCENE - DANIEL'S BEDROOM

DANIEL speaks animatedly into a recorder.

DANIEL

I’ll show them! I’ll show them all! They want to throw pine cones at me, well… I’ll get them. I’ll throw an entire tree at those lummoxes! I’ll-

FUTURE DANIEL (V.O.)

(interrupting)

You’re really over the top.

DANIEL

Gah!

FUTURE DANIEL (V.O.)

Let’s stay calm, now.

DANIEL sits on the bed, looking wildly around. The door opens, and FUTURE DANIEL steps into the room.

DANIEL

GAH!

FUTURE DANIEL

Hi. I’m you. From the future.