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Screenwriting Thread!
FADE IN:
INT. INKWELL, A SECTION OF CHATTERBOX-DAY
We see a mouse moving on a red and white screen, on a url that says "cricketmagkids.com/chatterbox/inkwell/submit". LYRIC (?), a CBer, types her username in the textbox marked "Name". She fills in the two other boxes.
LYRIC
(grins)
I thought it'd be funny if I wrote the thread introduction in screenplay format, although I have no idea what the format will end up looking like and it is not mandatory for this thread. Anyways, this is a place to talk about reading and writing screenplays!
Lyric finishes writing, types in the captcha, which says "pbkkk" and presses preview, to see what the thread she has just written will end up looking like. She sees that it has formatted strangely, sighs, and makes it justified left. She re-types in the captcha and presses preview again.
Lyric nods, satisfied, and types in the captcha for the last time. It says <afrrm>, or which sounds like "confirm". She clicks "Submit".
FADE OUT.
submitted by Lyric, age :D hello, screenwriting
(December 22, 2023 - 3:26 pm)
(December 22, 2023 - 3:26 pm)
Second half of the scene, which I originally intended to post with the first half, but it made it a bit too long, so I didn't. There might be a cliffhanger at the end, or at least some tension there.
INT. STORAGE ROOM IN THE GLASS TOWER-DAY
Both set down the box in the room. Inzhu tears open the first and takes out a multitude of marble tiles in various sizes. Jumana begins to stack them into piles.
INZHU
You didn’t need to carry that box.
It was obviously too heavy for you.
JUMANA
I wanted to.
Inzhu tears open two more boxes.
INZHU
Well, that was odd.
Jumana lowers the tiles she is holding.
JUMANA
(self-consciously)
That I…carried the boxes?
INZHU
No, that you were actually in the same room as that statue, of all people, and having a lengthy conversation.
JUMANA
We're in the same room as her half the time. This is a small tower.
INZHU
Why not just leave her alone?
(bitterly)
Half the statues in the tower are her friends already. I’m sure she’s dying for company.
JUMANA
I didn’t want to just leave…that’s impolite…
INZHU
It’s DZIDRA we’re talking about. If you’re trapped in a room with a venomous snake, do you stay because it’s polite, or do you run out, screaming?
JUMANA
I know several things now, Inzhu, and among those things, I know she didn’t want to be one. Inzhu, don’t be so hard on her. If you provoke her–
INZHU
What was the topic of this conversation, that she’d tell you anything so personal?
A beat.
JUMANA
(quietly)
I can't tell you.
INZHU
I’m sorry?
JUMANA
(clearly)
I said I can’t tell you. For your own good.
(She picks up the empty boxes and opens the door.)
See you tomorrow.
The door clicks shut.
FADE OUT.
(January 23, 2024 - 11:53 pm)
ooh.... a suspenseful ending... gosh it's really effective and draws you in. If you wouldn't mind spilling the beans, how does the story end??
(January 28, 2024 - 1:02 pm)