10 Screenwriters on Screenwriting: Vol. 7
Professional screenwriters reflect on the craft.
Professional screenwriters reflect on the craft.
“The more you adhere to some kind of screenwriting formula, the more likely you are to end up with a formulaic screenplay.”
— Gary Whitta
“Quality prep work makes writing the script much easier. I know what I need out of each scene going forward.”
— Jeff Morris
“If you’re doing it to tell stories that need to be told, you can get yourself through the bad moments.”
— Naomi Foner
“Audiences go to movies to feel. When the movie becomes too mechanical instead of organic, audiences detach from the film.”
— Simon Kinberg
“Slack is one fault and slick is another. Both are bad faults in story.”
— James M. Cain
“Make sure your first 20 pages kick serious ass. Hook that first reader, get them INTERESTED, then it’s off to the races.”
— Scott Neustadter
“Emotional authenticity is more important than historical. We can’t recreate a world, but we can recreate the emotions of it.”
— James DiLapo
“I’m always looking for stories, that next diamond in the rough, something that’s been looked over or can be reinvented.”
— Lindsay Devlin
“The best writing is also subconscious where you don’t know that you’re doing it, and you don’t realize you’ve done it.”
— Scott Frank
“A great script creates an irresistible narrative flow that propels a reader to an inevitable dramatic conclusion.”
— Javier Grillo-Marxuach
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