Screenwriting : Editing by Christine J. Whitlock

Story mostly. I constantly ask “why did they do that”?

Once I am on solid ground and everything makes sense I start polishing. I check each bit individually.

I read though to 'see if it makes sense.' Do I have a credible plot. Edit

Then I look at the characters; remove minor characters. Create arcs in the major characters. Rewrite.

Last pass is dialogue; does it wring true? Does the dialogue reek of the character? Rewrite.

I am not near finished until version 5 of a screenplay.

One other step I do is to have it read out loud. either I read it and record it. Then listen to it. To see I understand and follow what I have written. I know it sounds funny but sometimes what I write is not always what I have imagined. So it is a check and balance for me. Then I rewrite it again. lol

I just go until I feel I finished it. I stopped counting the number of edits done in the last script i wrote, but I am pretty sure it was in the double digits.

Thanks for your comments.