advice, so I'm posting it here, where we can all learn from it.
1. Finish it
Actually finishing it is what I’m gonna put in as step one. You
may laugh at this, but it’s true. I have so many friends who have
written two-thirds of a screenplay, and then re-written it for about
three years. Finishing a screenplay is first of all truly difficult,
and secondly really liberating. Even if it’s not perfect, even if you
know you’re gonna have to go back into it, type to the end. You
have to have a little closure.
2. Structure
Structure means knowing where you’re going ; making sure you
don’t meander about. I’m a structure nut. I actually make charts.
Where are the jokes ? The thrills ? The romance ? Who knows
what, and when ? You need these things to happen at the right
times, and that’s what you build your structure around : the way
you want your audience to feel. Charts, graphs, colored pens,
anything that means you don’t go in blind is useful.
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| By Manuele Fior |
