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My protagonist has been in love, secretly, with his best female friend for almost twenty years. He hasn't always been present for those twenty years, but his main reason for not wanting to tell her is that he's intimidated by the fact that she's a bestselling romance novellist and he has no idea what he's supposed to say.
Which kind of makes it hard, since I'm writing a play. I can write about all the underlying factors that meant they never communicated their love (she returned his love initially but gave up hope when he chose her best friend over her and when she realised how manipulated he is by his childhood friend's opinions) but how do I start? Do I build it up over the scene or do I go straight in there? My poor protagonist holds a small hope that she might return his love and they can be together, finally, so I've tried it with him saying it straight away, but I'm worried that the audience wouldn't like that.
Which kind of makes it hard, since I'm writing a play. I can write about all the underlying factors that meant they never communicated their love (she returned his love initially but gave up hope when he chose her best friend over her and when she realised how manipulated he is by his childhood friend's opinions) but how do I start? Do I build it up over the scene or do I go straight in there? My poor protagonist holds a small hope that she might return his love and they can be together, finally, so I've tried it with him saying it straight away, but I'm worried that the audience wouldn't like that.
