I keep my characters close when I writing a screenplay. I first create a theme song for the screenplay, then a graphic design of what I want them to look like, and then a music video. If I make it through these three stages then I start writing...
Poor Britney is pregnant at 16, her mother's boyfriend has been molesting her and threatened to kill her mom if she talks, but she has to do something, so she does, Ben dies but not by her hand, yet she is charged with his murder.