by Angela Bourassa (@angelabourassa1) Rewriting your script is always a daunting process. Getting to the end of the first draft is hard enough. Now you're supposed to go back through it and pick apart all of the beautiful work you just did? The very idea of starting a rewrite can be heartbreaking. And then there's the... Continue Reading →
The Power of the Radical Rewrite
by Fiona Wheeler Simply changing a scene or two won’t make your screenplay be all it can be. It’s time to take an ax to your darlings. Many screenwriters think of their screenplay as their child: if you’re not gentle as you lovingly smooth its hair, it’ll wake screaming and there will be no placating... Continue Reading →
Quote of the Day: Larry L. King
Write. Rewrite. When not writing or rewriting, read. I know of no shortcuts.
Quote of the Day: Elmore Leonard
If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.
Quote of the Day: Larry L. King
Write. Rewrite. When not writing or rewriting, read. I know of no shortcuts.
Quote of the Day: Andrew Bennett
Great writers aren’t great first-drafters. They’re great rewriters.
Quote of the Day: Viki King
Write from your heart; rewrite from your head.
Quote of the Day: Larry L. King
Write. Rewrite. When not writing or rewriting, read. I know of no shortcuts.
Quote of the Day: James Michener
I have never thought of myself as a good writer. Anyone who wants reassurance of that should read one of my first drafts. But I'm one of the world's great rewriters.
Quote of the Day: Andre Jute
Good novels are not written, they are rewritten. Great novels are diamonds mined from layered rewrites.