Fix This - 10.27.24

When you're writing and rewriting a scene, you inevitably add and erase details. In theory, that makes your scene better. But if you're not careful, you can create logic flaws in your script. Remember, each tweak you make has the potential to impact everything that comes after it.

Take a look at the scene below. Can you spot the problem?

If you’re having trouble finding it, go through the scene and pretend you’re the actor playing Caleb.

In the first part of the scene, Caleb carries a towering ice cream cone in each hand. So far, so good.

But, when he meets up with his friends, he does a secret handshake and flicks Hank in the ear. That’s not possible with two ice cream cones in his hands. Maybe, if we’re being generous, we concede that perhaps he set them down first. But… then the Graffiti Artist knocks the them out of his grip.

That, my friends, is a logic flaw.

Check your script to make sure there aren’t any bumps in the action that would cause problems for your readers—or your actors!

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