I don't know if this has happened to anyone of you, but sometimes I read a hard copy of my script that I've just completed and think it is the most dull, unimaginative piece of %$#@ I've read, and then pick it up the next morning and say, 'what the hell was I thinking? This is good!' ...What is that...
Expand postI don't know if this has happened to anyone of you, but sometimes I read a hard copy of my script that I've just completed and think it is the most dull, unimaginative piece of %$#@ I've read, and then pick it up the next morning and say, 'what the hell was I thinking? This is good!' ...What is that about? I have some theories, but want to know if anyone else has experienced that and what to make of this?
Hi Sandra, It's completely finished now. While it's ripening on my external hard drive, I try to totally forget about it and brainstorm ideas for others scripts. But I can never work on two at the sam...
Expand commentHi Sandra, It's completely finished now. While it's ripening on my external hard drive, I try to totally forget about it and brainstorm ideas for others scripts. But I can never work on two at the same time like some people! If my Final Draft is occupied with one then that's all I can handle. I just research and do the card shuffle with the other ideas to see if they'll work.
I try to write as much as I can and not read over it as I go unless it's to check that details match from earlier scenes. I find if I go over and over a script, I zone out on it. The only way to expla...
Expand commentI try to write as much as I can and not read over it as I go unless it's to check that details match from earlier scenes. I find if I go over and over a script, I zone out on it. The only way to explain it is it's like having a bottle of perfume under your nose for hours. After a while you don't smell the scent, even though it's still there. I put it away for a while and come back to it days or weeks later (unless I'm working on a deadline! Then I have to really try to stay focused as I re-read it but I usually do that after I'm done!)
You don't know how good your script willl every ... sound ... until it's casted. Your cast is the final author and eternal for your audience. Now a good or great script has a little somewhat of how it ... reads ... or sounds to you on any given day.
Trailer for the first project I completed