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Written/Contributed by Hal Ackerman Two people are in bed. A siren or alarm is heard. Or the phone rings. Or a doorbell. WRITE THE SCENE. You will have to ask yourself: Who are these people? Who are they to each other? What are the immediate circumstances? How does the alarm affect them? What do they ...
Written/Contributed by Hal Ackerman Do this with a writing friend. Each of you separately concoct a perfect crime: Circumstances, motive, execution, getaway. Perpetrator. Victim. Write it out in some detail. Then exchange papers. Create a character who will solve this crime. How will the hole in the plan be discovered? By what means of detection? ...
Written/Contributed by Hal Ackerman Two cars, a sports car and an SUV arrive at the same parking spot. Write the scene or sequence of scenes in a. A Romantic Comedy b. An Action Adventure c. A Film Noir mystery d. Science Fiction You may change the vehicles and characters inhabiting them as you please. ...
Written/Contributed by Hal Ackerman Write the full name of your character down the left side of a page, one successive letter on each line. On each line, write a true statement about the character (or from his/her voice) beginning the first word of each line with each successive letter of the character?ÇÄôs name. So for ...
Written/Contributed by Hal Ackerman 1.Open the phone book Yellow Pages to two random pages, and select two businesses. Move two characters from Point A to Point B by whatever means you invent. Invent a good reason for the journey. Reveal that intent skillfully. If it’s huge, understate it. If it’s trivial, exaggerate. 2. Pick one ...
Written/Contributed by Hal Ackerman In a series of one-line (or at most, two lines) impressions, make a litany of all the times you “broke the rules,” Lied, cheated, stole, set fire, pilfered, prevaricated, deceived. (eg: Poisoned my sister’s gold fish. Enjoyed it. Took joy rides in the family car at age 14 while parents were ...
Written/Contributed by Hal Ackerman What is the thing or person that irks you most. Lawn sprinklers that spot your car? TV Ads? War? Politics? People who apply makeup while driving? Write a furious diatribe against it. Attack it. Lacerate it. Vent your spleen. This will be the document that ends the thing that you hate. ...