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Rewriting Your Script: 10 Part Series

Scott Myers

20 Dec 2015
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There is no right way to write. There’s also no right way to rewrite. Here is my approach.

Part 1: Set It Aside

Part 2: A Clean Read

Part 3: Characters

Part 4: Themes

Part 5: Structure

Part 6: Pace

Part 7: Scene-By-Scene Breakdown

Part 8: Revision Outline

Part 9: Polish

Part 10: Final Edit

If any of it works for you, great. If not, no worries. Find your own way. But we have to embrace the truth of the old adage: Writing is rewriting.

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