Hi, I'm writing a script at the moment about a guy who is in love with his best friend but doesn't know how to tell her. I'm noy going to reveal the twists just yet but I need some help writing the script. I know how I want to see the characters reacting to each other but how do I write these reactions in the script without being too obvious, for example BOY looks at GIRL, totally in love with her[I]. She sees him and they share a glance. She looks away[/I] and make it sound interesting?

Cheers for the help

Well.... Matt Dewsbury.... It just so happens that I am writing a similiar script about a VERY similiar event going on in my life.... But lets not get personal.

It's two completly different things when you are writing something you have experienced before and if you're just writing something you've never experienced, you just want to write the story.

So... There two different paths here... if you have experienced it before then the job should be easy... Write how it went in your situation... What did you feel when you looked at her? To truly understand a scene, the author must BE IN the scene...

if you haven't experienced this... let me tell you... When someone has to Hide their love away and keep it inside of them it's very painful and it completly consumes them... If you character is hiding it, or can't express it for whatever reason, it should be a constant struggle...

I'm getting off topic... You wanted to know how to write it...

You can write it just as if you were writing a book or short story...

"William and Julia look out into the calm lake. The air is warm but when the cool breeze passes by their face they can feel it. William looks over at Julia and catches her quickly taking her eyes off him, as to not get caught. William smiles and holds his eyes on Julia as she slowly glances back and they lock eyes."

Thanks for the advice guys. Much appreciated.

I have two ideas for the script, one is less realistic so I'm just going to play around with both ideas until I'm happy.

Once again thanks for the advice.

Good luck with your project Drew!