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How to Write an "Actor Friendly" Screenplay: We Don't Thump Tables, We Get Angry

The question was, ‘What Makes An Actor Friendly Screenplay?' As an actor, that has mentored writers for a lot of my career, this became a perfect opportunity to pour out my main bugbear. First let’s look at the actors’ perspective . . . ‘What’s My Motivation?’ This is an actor’s primary question and we want to be reassured that the director is also on the same page. A good script can offer that reassurance right from the start. Actors are…

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