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Subjectivity by Julie Gray

Screenwriting: Pulling out hair.. (can't you tell?)

Pulling out hair.. (can't you tell?) screenwriting

I had given the first 26 pages of my screenplay to someone who writes professionally at his University. He writes for various publications and is very experienced, is in his 70's. Basically he told me that the writing I did past page 1 - sucked. It's in the first draft and I'm just trying to get things down on paper to put in a logical sequence. He has already suggested an entire re-write. Someone else who has knowledge of how a screenplay works has suggested that I just ignore the other person and keep going. Knowledge of how scenery and the visuals work into the story are a big part of it. I've written 23 more pages and am just plugging forward. What do you think? I mean, I like to keep my options open and maybe the first part is a bit drawn out. But something to fix later. Is it better to get the whole thing done then pick apart the areas that need it? Or is it best sometimes to start over and take it a new direction?

People may or may not be good or bad writers but so may writers are not film-makers, As a producer I look for a great overall idea, The last picyure I did I used the overall idea of the writer but changed every word. Is your idea good? Most important!!!

  • 1 year ago

I agree most filmmakers think the idea is the most important thing. However for a screenwriter how a script is written is extremely important because they have to use it as a calling card if they want to break into the business. If a spec screenwriter can’t write a well-written script up to...

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  • 1 year ago