... excitement about, and commitment to the original idea in the forefront.1 24 Writing the Short Film Ch10.qxd 9/27/ 04 6:07 PM Page 1 24 Only by finding energetic and interesting solutions to problems encounteredin ... powerful moments in the act oftelling a dramatic story.EXERCISE 18Identify two ideas for short films that you will work with in this exercise.One idea should be autobiographical, a painful ... Fiction (New York: Dell, 1991). 4. For an elaborate treatment of this relationship, see K. Dancyger and J. Rush,Alternative Scriptwriting (Boston: Focal Press, 1991), 1 54. 5. Adisa Lasana Septuri,...