I usually design the general framework before writing a script, but when I start writing the script, it goes beyond my control of the course and begins to follow a more natural course. Do you think this a problem?
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No. So long as your characters and story progress naturally, that's kind of what you want. Many people (myself included) have a beginning and and ending and characters that start one way and end up another at the end. It's the journey to get from point A to point Z that people take in different ways.
There are no big differences between what I wrote and designed, but the story drew a different course.
I've heard a lot of conflicting pieces of advice surrounding the creation of an outline before writing a script. I've never written an outline myself, and write where the story leads. I think either works, or some sort of hybrid like what you're doing. There are no rules- be creative!
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Even Eisenhower said battle plans are necessary though you’ll always deviate from them.
It’s only a problem if you can’t finish a script. Endless changes.
Results are the only thing that matters. If the finished script is great, you don't have a problem. If the finished script is not great, and the reason why is that you deviated from the plan - that is a problem, so don't do that anymore. It's all about the results.
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I would go back after you've written the flow-y version and see if you're satisfied with the structure you created. Think of building a house. If you threw away the blueprint halfway through but kept building, would the blueprint of the final house be satisfactory?
That's why i always write a kick ass treatment so when i'm writing i know where i go
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Not a problem, outlines are flexible and organic.
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Outlines or maps serve the story, not the other way around. For me, I always have a plan, I always know my ending, I always experiment and “sketch,” and there is always room for discovery. “Natural” writing is how I flesh it all out. An outline isn’t confining, it’s freeing. It’s all part of the same process. ;)
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My plan was a dramatic story but İt became a little cute and soft. I'm not far from my plan, but the characters have moved on their own.
It's not a bad thing. Me personally, I will have the direction for the story before writing, but throughout the writing process, there are detours and changes. The story really does write itself. It all comes together as I get the words out. It's fun for me. I love when it just flows and pieces together as I write. A script I'm revising now, I had to change some direction because like Kay said, the scene I wanted just wasn't fitting and it was because I was trying to force it in due to what I initially had in my mind, while the story took a change as I wrote.
That happens to me all the time.... The characters just have a mind of their own.... lol.
I think that is your process.