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Rebecca SE Tan
12 October 2022
I joined a scriptwriting society recently, and this marks my very first attempt. Feel free to run with these prompts too!
Scriptwriting prompts:
CHARACTER: DIRK ROUGHLY
LOCATION: CANTERBURY (but a really poor area)
GENRE: WESTERN
ITEMS: GUN + ROLLER SKATES
WEATHER: CLOUDY
LINE: “IT’S A COW FARM. YOU’RE GOING TO FIND COWS OUTSIDE.”
DIRK ROUGHLY enters. He wears posh clothes, but it looks crumpled & dirty. He carries a black trash bag over his shoulder, filled with things. Background: brick wall.
DIRK: “Ah, what a fine day to try skateboarding!”
DIRK digs through his black trash bag and pulls out what looks like really old children’s roller skates. He then pulls out a comically large wooden plank and uses black tape to secure them together. He tries, and fails, to skateboard on that monstrosity.
DIRK: “No luck then. If only I had a gun to shoot the blasted wheels off and directly attach it to the board!”
A whimsically dressed man (splashes of color all over) appears from behind a wall. He’s jumping from one foot to the other.
MAN: “DID… somEONE SAY… GUN?!”
DIRK is caught by surprise.
DIRK: “I… what… / hi?”
MAN: “/ WEEEHOO! BANG, BANG, BANG! I got one rIIIIIGHT here!”
Man swings the gun haphazardly around.
DIRK: “GAH! Careful with that!”
MAN laughs and pulls DIRK into a dance. DIRK is puzzled but lets MAN lead the dance. People in the background holds props and runs across the stage to change the background from bricks to a huge field.
MAN: “There’s so many things you can do with a GUN!”
DIRK: “I… regret everything.”
MAN: “You want food? You want money? I got what you need, little honey bun!”
DIRK: “With a gun?”
MAN: “With a gun!”
MAN twirls DIRK around.
MAN (continues): “Tired of bullies? Love your hoodies? All these things can be easily done!”
DIRK: “With a gun.”
MAN: “With a gun!”
MAN (continues): “Hate racism? Discrimination? Well it’s your turn to have some fun!”
DIRK: “With a gun!”
MAN: “With a gun!”
MAN passes DIRK the gun and DIRK is very excited. DIRK prances towards the front of the stage.
DIRK: “Oh, the things I can do with a gun!”
At this moment, a cow runs straight towards DIRK. DIRK confidently pulls the trigger towards it (with a terribly loud click sound) and... sparkles come out. DIRK is run over by the cow.
DIRK: “Where did that cow even come from?” DIRK gets up really slowly.
MAN: “Well, it’s a cow farm! You’re going to get cows outside!”
DIRK *confused*: “I... never mind. What’s all this about anyway?” *gestures to sparkles on the floor*
MAN: *is puzzled* “Waste of good sparkles, if you ask me. Wait… did you think it was a real gun? What are you, a psychopath?”
DIRK: “But… all those things you promised with a gun…”
MAN: “Well you dazzle them with your talent of course!” *jazz hands*
DIRK: “I… I’m going to bed.”
END.
xD this was really fun! please cut me some slack because its speedwriting aka like 20min and i dont even know how to write fiction/ scriptwriting xD