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Day 4 Assignments
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Lois finishes Act 3
What I learned — these acts are way shorter than I thought they’d be. I know I’m going for 30 pages, but I’m half-done and I have 9 pages. The other two acts are longer. Maybe the rewrites will add more.
int. – Hen House – Day
Meff hears Polly’s words and hangs his head in shame. He has not acted like a skunk.
The horned owl swoops up up into the sky, heading back to the lab.
Polly heads back to the nests.
POLLY
(glancing at Mom)
What should I do with these stinky rotten eggs?
mom
Leave them there. The skunks love them.
Meff shakes his head. He does not love rotten eggs.
Polly picks Meff up, sits on a bale of hay, puts him in her lap, and starts petting him.
POLLY
Sweet Skunky. You’re a spotted skunky. I don’t think we’ve had a spotty skunky before.
Meff squeaks. He squirms. He tries to get away.
MEFF / SKUNK
Hands off! Mom! She’s touching me!
POLLY
You love petting. Don’t you, you little poofer? Of course you do.
Meff thrashes. He bares his fangs. Polly knows just where to dig her fingers in to avoid being bitten.
MEFF / SKUNK
Let go! I’ll spray you!
Polly continues petting, massaging. Meff starts to relax, smile, even.
POLLY
That’s a good skunky. Nice, cuddly skunky. Snuggly skunky.
Meff relaxes.
MEFF / SKUNK
Mmmmm. Aahhhh.
UNCLE MILTON (a natural born skunk) comes up to Meff, sniffs him.
UNCLE MILTON
(kindly)
I’ll fix you, boy.
Meff looks at him curiously. Polly continues petting.
Uncle Milton gets a rotten egg from a nest and pushes it along the hay-strewn floor with his teeth towards Meff.
polly
No! Get that nasty thing away from me.
Mom
Let him have it.
polly
You ruin all my fun.
Meff is conflicted. Does he want the egg? Does he want the petting? He looks back and forth.
UNCLE MILTON
Just one bite…
Polly digs her hands into Meff’s fur. Meff sighs with pleasure.
Uncle Milton smashes the egg.
Polly jumps.
Meff dives for it and begins licking.
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Lisa’s finished Act 3 Draft
What I learned doing this assignment is that the perfection thing is so hard to not stop me from completing this. I have to change some things around but it hurts my brain to think about right now. At least I finished the act and can move on now.
Rule 1: B
Rule 2:A
Rule 3:B
Rule 4:B
Rule 5:A
Rule 6:A
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ACT 3 DRAFT
I am finding out that my outline is lacking detail, when it comes to me writing these scenes. The writing is flowing well, but I need to do a lot more work later on when it comes to the rewrites to flesh it out.
Rule 1. A
Rule 2. A
Rule 3. B
Rule 4. A
Rule 5. B
Rule 6. A
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