Print out 5-10 pages of the script (the "Stealing Christmas" montage is best). Step 2: Assign roles: Narrator, Grinch, Cindy Lou, Mayor August Maywho, and "Whoville Chorus." Step 3: Play the film on mute. Step 4: Have everyone read their lines while the physical action happens on screen.
From Who-ville, a faint sound rises.
The climax of the script is difficult to write because it is purely internal. A character changes his mind. On paper, this is boring. To make it work, the script externalizes the internal change.
FADE TO BLACK.
"Is there... a chair for me? Or should I just stand over here in the corner with my... shame?"
Print out 5-10 pages of the script (the "Stealing Christmas" montage is best). Step 2: Assign roles: Narrator, Grinch, Cindy Lou, Mayor August Maywho, and "Whoville Chorus." Step 3: Play the film on mute. Step 4: Have everyone read their lines while the physical action happens on screen.
From Who-ville, a faint sound rises.
The climax of the script is difficult to write because it is purely internal. A character changes his mind. On paper, this is boring. To make it work, the script externalizes the internal change.
FADE TO BLACK.
"Is there... a chair for me? Or should I just stand over here in the corner with my... shame?"