Wednesday, April 8, 2026

revised beats 41-50

31-40

41. Hunter's dream. Kitchen for coffee, Tom reveal.

42. Hunter tell Chloe.

43. Wanda with Daisy gets Hunter's call.

44. Ruth gets Wanda's call.

45. Gil with boys gets Ruth's call.

46. Barbara with Brian, John and Jan gets Hunter's call.

47. Hunter and Chloe watch Medical Examiner van drive away.

48. Hunter with Doc, re itinerary.

49. Sunset. Hunter arrive Jackie's. 

50. Night. Daisy home alone, call from Wanda with Ruth and Daisy.

silly interlude re how i've best written this screenplay

prolly gonna get beats set (more or less) here, take a break, begin a Final Draft blog next week. 


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revised beats 31-40

21-30

31. Riders through pines.

32. Wanda with Daisy, facetime Ruth.

33. Mountain Meadow.

34. Kate with Cedric, facetime John with Jan.

35. Pinus Ponderosa. Belt buckle story. Rodeo buckles at home. Jackie, Sess, Claire picnic.

36. Barbara with Brian, finishing Foglost. Read Honda Knot.

37. Horse barn, Honda knot.

38. White Sands sunset.

39. Jackie leaves, Tom's Tahoe story.

40. Tom facetime Wanda with Daisy and Ruth. Chloe, who set it up, hello. Guest book.

scene 31

scene 30

EXT. PONDEROSA PINE FOREST - DAY

WHISPER OF CREEK trickling through, lit by shafts of high-noon sun. WOODPECKER PECKING silenced by CUH-LIP CUH-LOP OF APPROACHING HORSES.

Sess leads the riders into and through frame, followed in single file by Claire, Jackie, Hunter, Chloe and Tom, caboose with phone camera aimed at the train ahead of him. Chloe turns to him, waves, Tom waves back, ends recording, pockets camera, rides out of frame.

CUH-LIP CUH-LOP FADES AWAY, replaced by WOODPECKER PECKING.