31 Plays in 31 Days, #2 - "Bullseye"

Today I worked on an important scene for Hood, my Robin Hood-themed heist show pilot. But scene I wrote was probably the emotional climax for the whole piece, so it's not something I want to post in isolation. Those belong in context, at least when I'm close to finishing the whole piece. (Honestly, I don't know how many people actually read these scenes when I post them, but just in case anyone does, I'm controlling the release for a better reader experience of my work.) So, as I did last year when I was working on Base Instruments, I'm posting a different scene of more or less equivalent work just to have something to put up and keep to the spirit of the challenge. I get a real boost out of having completed scenes to share, which I why I like this format. Plus it keeps me accountable to write.

So today I'm posting the opening scene of the Hood pilot instead. This was actually MURDER to write. It took me a couple weeks of planning and chipping away until I finally pushed to have a complete draft of it this past Sunday. Openings for TV shows, pilots in particular, are VERY IMPORTANT as they can make the difference between somebody deciding whether or not to keep reading or watching further. So I wanted to do something kind of complex and spectacular-- combining a high-action scene setting up a mystery and an introduction to the main character, where the character's words introduce the main themes of the series in an ironic way, thereby showing that, in his lack of understanding them, this is what he's going to have to learn.

Tough stuff! I actually think I got most of the way there. This will need some editing, of course-- if nothing else, it's almost eight pages long, which is too long for a traditional opener --but the ideas are there.

( Day #2 - Bullseye )