Sunday, March 22, 2009

Scene Specification Exercise

Think of two characters in a particular setting. Write some notes about the two characters (name, age, etc) and their setting (time of day, outside/inside). Then write one sentence in response to each prompt. The piece should read as a continuous whole:

1. A sentence with a wall or boundary in it.
2.A sentence with weather in it (air, temp)
3. A sentence with a sound in it
4. A sentence with a gesture in it
5.A line of dialogue of six words or less
6. A sentence with light in it
7. A line of dialogue of ten words or more
8. A sentence with a ceiling or floor in it
9. A sentence with texture in it
10. A sentence with an object smaller than a hand in it
11. A sentence with an allusion to literature or art in it.
12. A sentence fragment.
13. A sentence with a piece of furniture in it
14. A line of dialogue that is a question.
16. A sentence with a hand or fingers in it
17. A sentence with a dash in it
18. A sentence with an allusion to a current event in it
19. A sentence with a metaphor in it
20. A line of dialogue that is whispered

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