Screenwriting : Spike Lee wrote the first draft of Do The Right Thing by hand in TWO WEEKS! Inspiring! by Sherry Blackwell

Sorry to hear that. I’m going to try screenwriting long hand bc a lot of the software limits editing while you write. I know that’s frowned upon with first drafts but that’s what works best for me. Finding a copy of this script yesterday confirms I should do it.

Who said writing by hand is frowned upon? I write a lot of scenes by hand if I don't have my laptop with me. You can write as much as you want by hand, it's not true that it's frowned upon, just don't submit your handwritten script to a producer, prodco or competition. Also, I'm unaware of screenwriting software limiting editing while you write, in fact, I'd say it's easier to edit your softcopy script than your handwritten script.

That's how long (15 days) it took Paul Schrader to write "Taxi Driver". When inspiration hits, be ready.

Pierre Langenegger If writing by hand you could just take one of those little nifty blank notebook/legal pad pages and write a new scene/idea. You have got to be kidding telling me ‘don’t submit your handwritten script. I’m writing this on an IPad.

"You have got to be kidding telling me ‘don’t submit your handwritten script. I’m writing this on an IPad."

Sherry, I don't understand what you're trying to say.

Pierre - I 'm with you...totally confused by what she's saying. In the '60s (before script writing software) we often wrote in longhand, then typed out the script. I had a little portable typewriter with 12 point pica type font in a European keyboard layout. Now I use FD and I constantly edit as I go. I carry a little notebook with me and write ideas and thoughts all the time but as I gotten older my longhand has deteriorated to the point that I can't read my own writing.

I still write by hand with some things in my writing world. I love scribbling in my notepad. Screenwriting though, I'll jot down ideas and breakdown scenes to later expand and type up on my laptop. Writing an entire script with pen and paper though, I'll pass.

That's right, Doug, like you sometimes do now or more frequently when you were younger, I still jot down rough ideas for scenes or even write the scenes in longhand when I need to and yes, I edit as a go. I'm grateful for software though, so much easier than using a typewriter.