ABSTRACT
The fundamental component of a screenplay is the scene, an event with a unity of time and place that is conveyed on the page strictly in terms of spectacle and diction, what we see and what we hear. A good scene has a singular Writer’s Intention in which a Scene Protagonist pursues a Scene Goal despite obstacles standing in the way. Aristotle insists the writer must watch it play out in the mind’s eye before setting it down on paper.
