PIVOTAL MOMENT:
In every scene there is conflict of some kind. What significant moment in your character’s life made your character choose a particular course of action (which is shown in your scene)?
Create a scene of a pivotal moment (important, crucial moment) in your character’s past in which your character decides to take a particular course of action.
In the scene, “The Witness”, it could be seeing someone brutally murdered in front of you in the past which propels you to become a detective or a cop, or it could be seeing someone murdered in front of you (in the recent past) and you decide not to come forward as a witness.
In “DMV Tyrant”, it could be something as trivial as being pulled over by a rude traffic cop who notices that your driver’s license has expired and you have to get it renewed. If you are the DMV clerk, it could be too many instances of too many rude, dumb people annoying you for too many years.
Your pivotal moment will be determined by your scene’s character. The pivotal moment should be based on your character and your character’s past. It should be a minimum of three minutes long and can include dialogue. You may use other people in the scene with you.
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