The first and only fiction-writing class I ever took was taught by the semi-legendary novelist and wild man Harry Crews at the University of Florida in the 1970s.

I learned many things from Crews in Gainesville, not least of which was that kitchen utensils are largely unnecessary when gobbling down steak and eggs to accompany your first drink in the morning. He also taught me a little about writing, including an axiom so simple as to appear obvious:

All character is revealed by bringing someone to a fork in the road and having him choose left or choose right.

So this week, with our main characters confronting personal crisis points in “Right of Way,” it was fun to see how our various participants made their characters move. Tomorrow, I’ll share a couple of examples here from the runner-up submissions.

Then on Wednesday, after posting the new script pages, I’ll talk about the winning entry, its author, and why I picked it.

Let’s hope I chose right.