Act 2 Begins

I began a scene that was going to be the Act One finale, but then when I realized that Act I was going end differently, I moved the scene to Act 2. Brian goes into the Spoon Coffeehouse, and dejectedly asks for a job. Turns out that the job's been filled... by Joe.

So beginning Act 2, I looked over my outline notes. I realized that the way I envisioned the show going was subtly different than the way it's going to go. The characters are different characters fully fledged out, so they will go about the show in a different way.

One big difference will be the location. The first three scenes of Act 2 were going to happen in different locations, now they're going to ALL take place in the coffeehouse. Brian will be sitting there, contemplating, when ALL of the breakups, arguments, and revelations happen in front of him, and this will fuel his decision to give up on finding work.

Also, I realized that the texting that was done in the Act 1 finale sets up the scenes differently. Many of these texts were "Meet me tomorrow, so we can talk." This makes it more feasible that the meetings might happen at the same time.

I wrote the Tiffany/Dan scene. Good argument, vented a little bit. Now, she's going to her apartment above the coffee shop, and getting ready for the date.

I've been nervous about the "rape scene" for some time. I originally envisioned the date ending at a beach, or some other place where the rape would happen. The other characters were going to intervene which moves the plot along. But how do we get the other characters to the beach, or park, or whatever? Turns out, Rob's gonna take Tiffany home, park in front of the coffee house, and make his move there. It's going to turn into a major fight, and Dan, who is ALWAYS at the Spoon, will see them and intervene.