Screenwriting 101: Patty Jones

“You might love dialogue like I do, but if it’s not directing towards the plot or towards character development, better get rid of it. I am not very precious. If you chop something out, only you will miss it. You will miss it briefly, and then forget it. It’s like a whisper…you forget it existed. For someone new, they will never know it existed.”

— Patty Jones

Go Into The Story interview, December 2014

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