92 Days Before- Scene 22

Mark is pacing around the office.

Mark: I should be in there.

Anni: They have it sorted.

Mark: I should be in there.

Anni: would you sit down

Mark: I can’t sit down. Right now, in the room just across the hall, our future is being decided and I can’t be there because I am taking interviews.

Anni: Actually you are walking around the office pacing.

Mark slumps into his chair.

Mark: Don’t you reckon I could find an excuse to sneak in there?

Anni: I think David would actually kill you.

Mark: You do it.

Anni looks shocked

Anni: I can’t go in there.

Mark: Why not?

Anni: Because I’m just your assistant.

Mark: Exactly, go in there and tell them I need to speak to them about something and then when you are in there, get a look at their notebooks.

Anni: You really are not very clever.

There is a timid knock at the door where Louise is stood.

Louise: Hi I’m looking for Mark Wilson.

Anni stands up

Anni: I’m going to get some water.

Mark stands up.

Mark: You are Louise right, after an assistant writing role?

Louise: That’s right.

Mark: Have you worked on anything before?

Louise: Only things at university.

Mark: Okay. Listen I’m having a bit of mental episode and I think if I start interviewing you I may ask you do something completely stupid and walk into a private meeting with a very large network Mr Hartwell to get the job so why don’t we focus on the writing.

Louise: Sounds good.

Mark offers her a seat and she gingerly takes it. He then chucks a notebook in front of her and offers her a piece of paper.

Mark: This scene leads up to a conflict, I need you to write me a script with no fewer than forty character interactions and you need to slowly ramp up the tension, when your done I will read it.

Louise: I don’t have a pen

Mark hands her a pen
Louise: This is a nice pen.

Mark: it was given to me by the Royal poet laureate

Louise: There are bite marks in it

Mark: ignore that

Anni walks back in with some bottles of water.

Mark: Well?

Anni: What?

Mark: I thought you were going to sneak into the meeting.

Anni: I went to get water,

Mark: I NEED INFORMATION!

He looks timidly at Louise

Mark: Sorry.                                                      

End scene