Take a simple action scene (e.g., making breakfast, walking a dog) and write it twice. First, write it realistically. Second, write it as Holmes would: predicting every variable, failure, and outcome. Notice how Ritchie’s script uses bold type for "IF" and "THEN" .
HOLMES Six men. Meyringer has the ledgers in his left shoe. The fat one by the door has a derringer in his sleeve. The conductor is not a conductor. sherlock holmes a game of shadows script full