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Pages A finished scene, written from the plan you approved.

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EXT. VALLEY BETWEEN TWO MOUNTAINS - NIGHT

A dying fire. A flat stone has been dragged aside. Beneath it, steps go down into the dark.

THE MAGICIAN (60s), a stranger from Africa in a traveller’s cloak, kneels at the edge and feeds the fire a pinch of incense.

ALADDIN (15) climbs into the firelight, his shirt heavy with stones that glitter like fruit. An old copper lamp is pressed to his chest. The last step is too high. He reaches up.

ALADDIN

Uncle. Give me your hand.

The Magician does not move. His eyes are on the lamp.

THE MAGICIAN

Patience, nephew. Give me the lamp first.

Aladdin pushes the lamp inside his shirt. He keeps his eyes on his uncle’s empty hands.

Scene plan Before a word is written, the scene’s purpose is agreed. By you.

Scene plan

The false uncle

Enters: A stranger who calls himself his uncle has brought Aladdin to a stone only Aladdin can lift.
Moves: Aladdin comes up rich and asks for a hand. His uncle asks for the lamp.
Pressure peaks: The boy will not let go of the lamp. The man will not reach for the boy.
Leaves: The kindness was a trap. Aladdin is shut in the dark with the lamp.

Approved by you, revision 3

Characters What the story knows about them, and what is still only a possibility.

Aladdin

Characters

Wants: To be more than the idle son of a poor tailor.
Fears: Going home to his mother with nothing.
Contradiction: Trusts a stranger with his life. Will not trust him with a lamp.

He has seen through his uncle before the stone closes.

A possibility

Story Space Where it began: your own words, kept with the night you said them.

Your words, 21 August, 9.07 pm

“What if Aladdin already knows? He grew up in the street, people have lied to him all his life. He holds on to the lamp because he’s worked his uncle out. He isn’t lucky. He’s sharp.”

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The magician wants the lamp before he lends a hand.

What does Aladdin do?He won’t let go until he’s out.A possibilityHe hands it up.A possibilityHe says the lamp is lost.A possibility

What it touches

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First draftNovember 2026