3.17 | 3.22 ↳ “Buffy gets out of bed, and she’s in her hospital gown and she walks over to Faith in her hospital bed and she returns the kiss that Faith once gave to her. This moment is not sexual at all. It’s very, very gutting because Buffy loves Faith, and she has always loved Faith and they shared something very special. This isn’t the kind of loss you can measure, because if you think about it, none of us can possibly understand what it would be like to be so singular. To be a supernatural force in the world and have no one. And then gain someone, and lose that someone, but then gain someone who is more a part of your life.. to then lose them by your own hand. This is that moment that Xander was talking about when he said to Buffy, “I don’t want to lose you.” We did lose a part of Buffy when she put that knife in Faith. When she sees that Faith is in a coma, and that it is by her own hand, we lost a part of Buffy. And that part of Buffy will never come back. Growing up, you do things you cannot erase and they become a part of you and take away a part of you. And you see this in that kiss.”
Something I found that makes a scene easier and longer:
Writing the dialogue first.
I never used to do this, but one night it was really late and I was half asleep but I wanted to get some work done. So I decided to just fill in the dialogue I wanted for the scene.
I found myself with close to 1000 words of dialogue. (I obviously tagged who said what, how it was said, etc.)
When I came back to the document, I just filled in the action, the background, descriptions and plot.
I ended up with between 3000-4000 words in one sitting.
Maybe this won’t work for everyone, hell maybe someone else has already pointed this out, but I just wanted to share this writing tip.
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