You’ve got your situation. Your concept, what ever you want to call it. Create your characters. what do you want your characters to do within that particular situation. How do they react to the situation, to each other. Now throw in a result of their reactions, or more situations or conflicts or other characters (just not too many) who are affected by their actions or the event. Keep the story moving.
It can get complicated. Get 3X5 cards and write down characters and situations and where it’s all going. Dialogue etc. I just started doing that and it helped me to organize scenes etc. much easier than putting it all in my head.
Here’s a link that’s been posted on the board before that’s been a great help to me:
<LINK_TEXT text=“Bruce Campbell, The Official Website - Bruce-Campbell.com … advice.htm”>http://www.bruce-campbell.com/babblings/advice/script-advice.htm</LINK_TEXT>
I’ve also found music to be a great help when writing. Music helps me to set a tone for a scene, a character. I’ve even based screenplays on ideas from songs. Its a great tool. But don’t let it confine you, it should set your mind free to ideas.
