Screenwriting : Leave it alone... by Landis Stokes

I think there are two sides to the refresh eyes concept.

1) you forget the story a little and will see it as other do. You will see the mistakes.

2) If you write something else. You are a better writer when you come back to your first project.

Totally agree. When I come back around new ideas and dialogue have blossomed.

The problem with "leave it alone" is how do writers make income in-between the waiting?

Dan MaxXx Side hustles pays the bills too. Also, I got to ask as a Chicago Bulls fan, why the crying M.J. profile pic? I think the Will Smith meme got him beat now.

I love this advice. I push through on an idea for a full draft pilot and bible and then let it sit and marinate for a while. When I come back, I'm acutely aware of the weaknesses and changes I want to make.

Dan MaXx if you leave it for three months and do the constantly. After a small time investment you would have a supply of new work every 3 months. Once you had primed the production line.

But since we are discussing this as a learning process I guess it is a moot point. Once you are good enough to be paid, this wait process is no longer needed.

so true

Actually being a hobby writer I can leave my stories alone whenever I want to...I actually stopped writing this period and might not continue sometime 'till mid autumn....however, If writing was my job, I get paid on the hour, monthly, whatever...I cannot just go on the hiatus...therefore people invented this thing called "paid vacation"....As I see still a luxury for some in countries like U.S.

Taika Waititi has said he sometimes leaves a script alone for up to a year, reads it, throws it away and writes what he remembers. You may not want to leave it as long, but putting your script aside before tackling it again is a great way to give yourself some objectivity.