Say you're writing a screenplay (which I am) and you're doing a series of shots to show your heroine's morning -- she's running late, scarfing down breakfst, shoving things in her purse, hurriedly brushing her teeth, running a brush through her hair, etc.Got that?
Now say that you wanted to show, during this series of shots, that your heroine has random ESP moments and can occasionally see the future (she knows who's knocking on the door before answering it, knows who's calling without looking at Caller I.D., etc.).
Right?
So, now for my question: How would you go about showing, in some small way, this psychic power? I don't know how to just slip in something about, oh, yeah, she can see the future. I'm going to explain it more later on, so it's okay if the reader/watcher can come up with some rational explination for how she knew what was happening or they just don't quite catch that she's seeing the future -- I would still like it to be in there, and I'm not quite sure what to do.
Literary advice would be greatly appreciated!
(By the way, she's not a fake psychic, and there will probably not be any pineapple....)
<3/Captain Whitney
"Your bloodhound is nose-deaf?"
"...We prefer the more politically correct "olfactory-impaired"...."
P.S. The picture is improperly formatted -- a screenplay should only be bound with two brads, the middle hole should be left empty.
3 comments:
hmm, good question. maybe, well, i actually don't know. lets see, maybe... hmm. we'll have to think about that. i'll get back to you on it. hope your all right. :-)
Thanks :D I'm doing good -- how are you?
I've written that someone knocks on the door and she calls: "Coming, Sally!" before seeing who it is ... but I'd like one or two more things before she gets to school. Just little things, mind. I dunno'... but it's still going to be AWESOME!
Always writing something, aren't we? Why didn't I think to do a screenplay? Oh yeah, 'cause work is taking over my life....
You could have her cell phone go off and have her say something about who it is bofore she checks it (i.e. "Not now Jane!" or "Why is Adam texting me?"). I dunno'... good luck with it, anyways -- and you're going to have to let me read it when you're done.
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