Sue’s News

Little White Lie

June 24th, 2008

I wrote a scene today where it’s more than obvious that the character is flat out lying… She even gets up before the camera stops taping — that’s how bad she wants out of the interview… I was nervous about her coming off sounding like an @$$hole, but when she just flat out lies like that, she sounds like even more of one…

The thing is, I don’t really want to change what she says… I wrote the scene straight the first time… I had her say exactly what her motivation was, but it was too cut and dry — and it just wasn’t real.

I realize not every character will be liked… I’ve written more than a few who aren’t… but that was always my intention from the outset, and this time, that just wasn’t the case.

This isn’t a problem, but more of a milestone… That scene, and those two minutes, might be the most humane two minutes I’ve written for this piece to date.

This is starting to get good…

–Sue

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