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They want you to fail Playwriting Exercise “They want you to fail so they won’t be alone.” I came across this vivid sentence this week. Who are they? Doesn’t matter. It’s anyone who beats you down. It’s anyone who sneers at you. Anyone who prays for you to trip so they can laugh when you fall. And what a delicious twist – “so they won’t be alone.” EXERCISE: Write a two person scene between two best friends. Friend A is leaving town for an exciting new life in New York. The scene dissolves into a confrontation. Friend B is doubtful that Friend A will succeed. At some point in the scene incorporate the twist: Friend B wants Friend A to fail so they won’t be alone. How does Friend A react to this? Who is alone at the end of the scene? Lindsay Price © 2014 www.lindsayprice.com

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They want you to failPlaywriting Exercise

“They want you to fail so they won’t be alone.”

I came across this vivid sentence this week.  Who are they? Doesn’t matter. It’s anyone whobeats you down. It’s anyone who sneers at you. Anyone who prays for you to trip so they canlaugh when you fall. And what a delicious twist – “so they won’t be alone.”

EXERCISE:

● Write a two person scene between two best friends.

● Friend A is leaving town for an exciting new life in New York.

● The scene dissolves into a confrontation. Friend B is doubtful that Friend A will succeed.

● At some point in the scene incorporate the twist: Friend B wants Friend A to fail so theywon’t be alone.

● How does Friend A react to this?

● Who is alone at the end of the scene?

Lindsay Price © 2014 www.lindsay­price.com