Every script I’m developing has a moment — one specific moment — that the whole story is really about.
Not the climax. Not the plot turning point. Just a moment. Small sometimes. Quiet.
The kind of thing that could be missed if you’re not paying attention.
But that moment is the heart of the whole thing. Everything before it is building towards it.
Everything after it is living in its aftermath.
I think that’s how I find my stories now.
Learn with me.
See, I find the moment first. The image. The feeling. The thing that won’t leave me alone.
And then I build outward from there. Who are these people, how did they get here, what does this moment cost them.
It’s not a conventional way to develop a script. But it’s mine.
For one of my current projects, that moment is two people in a room who both know something is ending and neither of them will say it.
Everything in that scene is in what they don’t do.
I’m building a whole world around that silence.
What’s at the centre of what you’re working on right now?
Damilola Jabita I really like this way of looking at it, it feels very honest to how stories actually land emotionally.
Those quiet, almost invisible moments are usually the ones that stay with you the longest. The idea of building the entire story around that feeling instead of just plot is really powerful.
For me, it’s often a moment where two characters understand something without saying it, where the silence carries more weight than the dialogue.
Curious, do you ever find that “moment” changing as you keep developing the script?
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yes Abhijeet Aade that's what keeps the twists coming