Please help me with this.
Hi teachers. I'm writing a script. And this is a start of a scene:
Seated at a table in a restaurant with a friend, Stephanie's had her meal interrupted by a phone call from her boyfriend.
Stephanie: Honey, I know, but can't it wait till I get home. I'll call you back, ok? Love you. Bye.
Stephanie hangs up.
Is it correct to say 'Stephanie's had her meal interrupted.' when she's still talking?
Top answer
Stage directions are written in the present tense (you correctly wrote 'Stephanie hangs up'), so you need to write 'Stephanie has her meal interrupted by a phone call from her boyfriend'.
- Stage directions are written in the present tense (you correctly wrote 'Stephanie hangs up'), so you need to write 'Stephanie has her meal interrupted by a phone call from her boyfriend'.
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Stage directions are written in the present tense (you correctly wrote 'Stephanie hangs up'), so you need to write
'Stephanie has her meal interrupted by a phone call from her boyfriend'.
0Don't use the contraction. There is no reason to in stage directions, and it looks unprofessional. Other than that, it is right.
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