70.Shoplifting
A teen has been caught shoplifting. Write a dialogue between
a) Store detective and teen
b) Teen telling parents
c) Teen telling friends
3 scenes
30 minutes
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Age
Gender
Slang
Characterize
71.Teen vs. Parent
l Parents buy teen a car
l Teen has an accident which is minor - he/she pays for damage from part-time job. Accident is his/her fault
l A few months later, he/she rear ends someone - damage is $1000. (rather than pay higher insurance)
Scene 1 - write the parents discussing the situation
Scene 2 - write the dialogue between parents and teen
25 minutes
72. Family Occasion
Write the conversation that could (or maybe already has) happen(ed) at an extended family gathering.
IDEAS: wedding
Funeral
Holiday dinner
List your cast first
See if you can develop your characters quickly
-introducing a boy/girlfriend
-talking about death
-fighting over money problems
-graduation (absent or fighting parents)
-drunk relative advice
-violent card game
-wedding gossip
20 minutes
Partners
73. Two people start a company together from the ground up. It is successful for two years. After much consideration, one partner realizes he/she does 3/4 of the work for 1/2 the money. These two are friends as well as partners. This partner realizes that, in fact, the other person is incapable of pulling his or her weight.
Write the dialogue of this partner discussing this situation with the other.
What is the outcome?
20 minutes
74. Religion or Politics
Give brief cast of characters (4).
Have them discuss a contentious issue.
Develop the characters through their opinions and reactions.
20 minutes
"If you want to write, you have to be willing to be disturbed." - Kate Green
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