Hi guys! I'm so happy that, not only I got out from a writing slumber I had, I also manage to get another script made :D Thank you for your kind words and advice, in the end I forced myself to write and while it wasn't good, I still wrote and that was enough for the moment. Now, I have 2 new scripts that you can check out in my profile, if you want, but I got to ask: How do you know when the script is near perfect? I'm pretty content with my 2 new scripts but I still feel they lack...something. How do you make sure its the very best script ever?
Screenwriting : Finished...but not perfect? Or is it? by Julio Torres
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"Unknown" - where's the heck that? Sorry dude, but Marty's here got the point...read stacks of produced scripts...a lot of it...sponge and then try again...everything's perfect in the head of an amateur...real world's not it...prepare...
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I don't think 'perfection' is such a thing that exists and if you keep re-visiting and tweaking and tweaking it will become counter-productive and never be finished. Ultimately scripts get edited and revamped further along the production process anyway, so a scene you've spent weeks agonising over could be chopped-out anyway!
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Thank you everyone for your feedback! I realize that, in a hurry to feel better with myself, I may have rushed this script and didn't put in much effort like the others. I'll work it out and improve it :)
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Congrats, Julio!
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You'll know when it's finished for you, and sometimes your opinion changes after a break. That's okay, go back and revise. I do caution you against listening to every bit of feedback you get from covers/readers if you choose to ask for feedback. And I highly recommend having another doc just to copy/paste your deletions into when revising. Inevitably there's always something you regret deleting, and this is the easiest way to go back and find it.
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What is helping me is taking classes.
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I've learned a lot from the professionals but it can get costly so make sure you've done as many edits as possible for cost effectiveness before sending it off for consultation :)
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Julio Torres usually once I have read it to myself out loud two or three dozen times, cut and rewritten about 25-50% of the script, and polished it several dozen times in the space of 4-6 months there is generally some tangible improvement.
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“Perfection is a goal that can never be achieved, but it’s the pursuit that matters.” -Quentin Tarantino
Pro union writers only need to be 33% perfect on the page :)
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Congratulations on getting out of the writing slumber and finishing another script, Julio Torres! Sometimes we have to force ourselves to write. There are times when I want to shut my laptop, but I keep writing and come up with some great stuff.
"How do you know when the script is near perfect?" After I rewrite it to the point where I feel it's the best it can be. When I rewrite, I divide the rewrite into separate rewrites. Logic rewrite, dialogue rewrite, character personalities rewrite, character arc rewrite, A Story rewrite, B Story rewrite, subplot(s) rewrite, etc.