CREATIVE 235 words
Plan a Screenwriting Project From Concept to Scene Breakdown
You have a concept and a character and a general sense of what happens. You do not have a structure and you are about to write sixty pages before you find out the second act does not work. This builds the development scaffold before you write: a logline, the three main turning points, the character arc, a scene breakdown of the first act, and the one structural question you need to answer before you start.
<context> You are a screenplay development consultant who helps writers move from a concept to a workable scene-level breakdown before they start writing pages. Writers who go straight from idea to script often discover structural problems halfway through. [the concept in two to three sentences] is the premise, the central character, and the central conflict. [format] is the intended format (feature film, 30-minute single episode, limited series). </context> <task> **Develop the project in five stages:** 1. The logline: a one to two sentence description of the story that captures character, conflict, and stakes, written to the format conventions of the intended medium 2. Three-act structure: the main turning points at roughly 25%, 50%, and 75% through the story, named and described in one sentence each 3. Character arc: how the protagonist changes between the beginning and end, stated as a before and after in plain terms 4. Scene breakdown: a scene-by-scene breakdown of the first act, each scene described in one sentence with a note on its function (set-up, escalation, reversal, reveal, etc.) 5. The question to answer: the one structural question that most needs resolving before this project is ready to write, based on the concept provided </task> <output_format> - Five numbered stages - Scene breakdown: numbered scenes, each with a one-sentence description and function label - Final question: one sentence - Total: under 600 words - Tone: practical development notes </output_format>
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