Let me pick up this train of thought, as a forest person:
EXT. WASHINGTON D.C. - STREETS - DAY The car continues to follow the limo through city streets. EXT. HOSPITAL - ENTRANCE - DAY The limo is parked in front of a hospital. INT. HOSPITAL - DAY ROOM - DAY The First Lady is visiting patients. Her aides move her along, aware that she is on a tight schedule. EXT. HOSPITAL - STREET - DAY The two men stand by their car, watching the limo across the street. JUAN Amazing how much charity work she does, isn't it? ANDRES What's so amazing about it? JUAN She doesn't have to do this. ANDRES Course she does. Makes the President look good. JUAN Every day, three or four places like this? It's a full time job. ANDRES What the hell else she supposed to do? Spend the day at the beauty parlor? JUAN Here they come. EXT. HOSPITAL - ENTRANCE - DAY The First Lady and her party get back into the limo. The limo pulls away from the hospital and back into traffic. The car moves in behind the limo again. EXT. GAS STATION - DAY The limo is getting gas. Juan and Andres are parked down the way and watching. The First Lady gets out of the limo and heads for the restroom, which is in the back of the building. Juan seizes the moment. JUAN Now! They get into their car. EXT. GAS STATION - RESTROOM - DAY The car pulls behind the gas station, near the restroom. Looking around carefully, Andres gets out and moves slowly toward the door to the women's room. He has his pistol at the ready. Juan, meanwhile, is slowly backing the car toward the door to the restroom. Andres takes a position beside the door and waits. Juan has the car in position and parks. He and Andres exchange a tense glance. Just then a FEMALE CUSTOMER comes around the building to the restroom. She sees Andres and then the gun - and she SCREAMS. In the car, Juan grimaces and gestures to Andres, "do something!" The restroom door opens, and the First Lady comes out. Andres grabs her. The female customer turns and starts running for the corner of the building. Juan jumps out of the car and races to help Andres. Together, Juan and Andres drag and shove the First Lady into the back seat of the car. Andres gets in with her as Juan slips back behind the wheel. An AIDE comes around the building, gun drawn, and Andres stops him with one shot. Juan races out of the parking lot. The GAS STATION ATTENDANT races forward, firing a pistol at the departing car. INT. CAR - DAY Juan is speeding through traffic. His eyes dart up to the rearview mirror and back at traffic. In the back seat, Andres has the First Lady in quiet terror, the pistol pointed at her head.And, of course, they'll get away.
This, then, is the procedure. A tree person has an outline as anchor, though in the magic of creation new notions can occur even to the most organized writer. A forest person is winging it, trusting in the very process to guide him.
I suggest that forest people develop a brief step outline as they write in order to have a record of the developing story. Once you move into the second act, it can be tricky to keep track of everything - especially if you are fitting writing into an otherwise busy life.
So jot down the scenes as you go along and describe, in a sentence or two, what happens in each. This will help you keep your line of thought.
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