2. Multiply the stakes by ten times. 3. Do the one thing you fear most to your characters. 4. Provide an insane twist. 5. Make your characters suffer. 6. Ask "What is the most intense thing that could possibly happen in this scene?" 7. Give your characters extreme traits and desires. 8. Pit your characters against each other by giving them opposing agendas and major consequences if they lose. 9. Give them something to hide that is so terrible that they can never admit it to anyone. 10. Have your characters change places. Have the bad girl be the good girl, etc.