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This week's screenwriting tip is from a post I wrote a few years ago that I go back and read often when I feel a little fear creep in. Nature is a lot like writing. Organic and beautiful, when you don’t force it. We need to be flexible and embrace what can organically happen when you open yourself up to change.
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By Jeanne Veillette Bowerman
I have a problem starting scripts. I am a self-proclaimed outline junkie, allowing myself to linger in all the possibilities of characters and conflict for far too long before opening my screenwriting software and diving in.
For this new project, I’m trying something new on multiple fronts:
1. I did a rough outline, not as detailed a one as I normally do (some of mine have been 31 pages long! Yikes).
2. I’m writing a novel that I will ultimately adapt into a screenplay. Go with it. I do things backwards sometimes.
Wait, this is a screenwriting site, why is she talking about writing a novel?
Because story is story, and my experience still pertains to screenwriting.
I’ve discussed the “to outline or not to outline” debate before, but I want to simply explore what I’m learning by writing on a scant one instead of a detailed one. Read More... | |
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Jeanne Veillette Bowerman
Jeanne is the Editor of Script and adapted the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Slavery by Another Name. Her screenplays were selected as Top 25 Tracking Board Launch Pad, CSExpo Finalist, Second Round Sundance Episodic Lab, and PAGE Awards TV Drama Finalist. Twitter @jeannevb. | |
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