Anna and Thomas Sequence One

My homework for my screenwriting master class is to have Sequence 1 ready to share at the next class.  Is every window necessary and compelling?

I started this screenplay last September or October, and it seemed to flow so easily.  Somewhere along the way it got hard.  My job is to have it be fun and easy again.  I keep going back to, I design my life.  Why am I designing it that writing is hard?  That's not very fun!

The screenwriting class is pretty awesome.  We are learning how to ask questions of our script to see what does make a scene compelling. What works? What doesn't?  Why or why not?  Is this scene consistent with my theme? My main character's behavior?  The genre?  It's interesting to watch movies now, having the distinctions I learn from this.

If you're reading this and you have ever written a screenplay, or are thinking of writing one, or have taken classes, I'd like to hear from you.  What did you do to keep the ideas flowing freely?