9/18/12

  Today I added onto the previous scene and finished it. I didn't exactly have a fast paced flow going this time, so I didn't have as much written as last time. However, I am very happy with the content, and as they say, quality over quantity right?

END OF FLASHBACK.

JIMMY

You should be happy. I was her first love! Isn’t it good that she got to experience love before she died?

AUSTIN

You don’t get it! You broke her heart! If you would have just ended things with her like a normal human being it would have been fine, but you didn’t even have the balls to do that! She had to find out that you were cheating on her.

JIMMY

She knew how I was.

AUSIN

And that’s supposed to make it ok? Yeah, she knew you that you liked to flirt, but to actually be with another girl at the same time? You’re a pig.

JIMMY

Oh and you’re so innocent right?

AUSTIN

What?

JIMMY

Who was the guy who was always there when I pissed her off? Who was the guy who told her that I wasn’t good enough for her? Who was the guy that slept over her house while I was dating her?

AUSTIN

I’m her best friend. It’s my job.

JIMMY

You WERE her best friend. Ok? And you know damn well you were the one she wanted to be with.

AUSTIN

You’re just trying to make yourself look like the victim, as usual! (Pause) See you at the funeral Jimmy, if you even have the decency to do that.

Austin gets up from the table and walks out. Jimmy is still at the table, speechless.

Reflection: I deserve a 100 on tonight's journal. I have the ideal characters in my head for this screenplay. In some way or another, they are all based off of real people. Whether it be a character's personality, or their tone. I tried being as truthful to those people/characters as I could, and I think in this scene especially, I succeeded. I wanted to create tension off this scene with Austin and Jimmy because it is the first time Jimmy and Austin have actually had a  serious conversation by themselves. The two have always resented eachother. Jimmy's resentment is based mostly off of jealousy, and Austin's is completely because of how Jimmy effected Dani's emotional being. The only way I see myself going back to edit this scene would be to add more anger and tension, but I will decide that when I finish the screenplay and  i'm in the editing process.