Titan Voice: My screenwriting realization steals the scene

By Chelsea Barns
Let me set the scene for you.
I have just awakened from my annual Christmas Day nap on my parent’s couch when “Home Alone” credits roll on the television.
“Time to go!” my dad exclaims.
I sit up, throwing on my shoes.
“I got the snacks,” my mom says as she bops out the door, her purse sounding like a sugary maraca as she goes past me.
We have a tradition in my family. We go to the movies on Christmas Day. Kingston, my brother, usually pi