Make Stagnant Live and Real

The rules state... okay, we know they're not written down, but somehow these rules have been passed on from writer to writer like commandments, not to put your characters in stagnant places like dinner tables, or automobiles. Sometimes they have to eat, and sometimes they have to go places though, so what else can you do? What you need to remember most in places that have little actual action is to keep the scenes alive. Don't make your characters simply talking heads in a still situtation. Make sure that even in an automobile you give your 'place' character too. Atmosphere even in a car. Give your playboy class that also shows he's handy with having him own a car that he used wood dash kits to spiffy it up with. Have your harried single woman hurrying from place to place with food wrappers on the floorboards. They're real people, make them REAL.