http://www.redchurch.com/quantum/2008/02/01/the-best-form-of-editing-a-screenplay/ Infinite Possibilities Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:10:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.redchurch.com/quantum/2008/02/01/the-best-form-of-editing-a-screenplay/comment-page-1/#comment-24430 chocolate Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:36:30 +0000 http://www.redchurch.com/quantum/2008/02/01/the-best-form-of-editing-a-screenplay/#comment-24430 suck it suck it

]]> http://www.redchurch.com/quantum/2008/02/01/the-best-form-of-editing-a-screenplay/comment-page-1/#comment-22878 Adam Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:53:22 +0000 http://www.redchurch.com/quantum/2008/02/01/the-best-form-of-editing-a-screenplay/#comment-22878 I have to agree. A script makes it much easier to see where you need to add. I find you picturing the story from an audiences point of view from the beginning. Rather than at completion I have to agree. A script makes it much easier to see where you need to add. I find you picturing the story from an audiences point of view from the beginning. Rather than at completion

]]> http://www.redchurch.com/quantum/2008/02/01/the-best-form-of-editing-a-screenplay/comment-page-1/#comment-22474 plug adapter Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:29:11 +0000 http://www.redchurch.com/quantum/2008/02/01/the-best-form-of-editing-a-screenplay/#comment-22474 I took my material down to dialogue alone for an exercise, a whole bunch of stuff popped out at me: redundancies, yes, boring material, definitely, and then–whoa!–whole scenes I’d neglected to cull for the story tension they could’ve provided. I took my material down to dialogue alone for an exercise, a whole bunch of stuff popped out at me: redundancies, yes, boring material, definitely, and then–whoa!–whole scenes I’d neglected to cull for the story tension they could’ve provided.

]]> http://www.redchurch.com/quantum/2008/02/01/the-best-form-of-editing-a-screenplay/comment-page-1/#comment-10477 E.v.R. Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:11:39 +0000 http://www.redchurch.com/quantum/2008/02/01/the-best-form-of-editing-a-screenplay/#comment-10477 When you're constantly picturing how the story would play from the audience's perspective, the mediocre bits really pop out. When you’re constantly picturing how the story would play from the audience’s perspective, the mediocre bits really pop out.

]]> http://www.redchurch.com/quantum/2008/02/01/the-best-form-of-editing-a-screenplay/comment-page-1/#comment-10422 Therese Walsh Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:11:01 +0000 http://www.redchurch.com/quantum/2008/02/01/the-best-form-of-editing-a-screenplay/#comment-10422 I think you're on to something. I know when I took my material down to dialogue alone for an exercise, a whole bunch of stuff popped out at me: redundancies, yes, boring material, definitely, and then--whoa!--whole scenes I'd neglected to cull for the story tension they could've provided. The exercise forces you to be sure your material is really propelling the story forward. I think you’re on to something. I know when I took my material down to dialogue alone for an exercise, a whole bunch of stuff popped out at me: redundancies, yes, boring material, definitely, and then–whoa!–whole scenes I’d neglected to cull for the story tension they could’ve provided. The exercise forces you to be sure your material is really propelling the story forward.

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