The Poetry of Screenwriting
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3 min readMar 26, 2022
When writing scene description, think poetry instead of prose.
Screenwriter Larry Ferguson (The Hunt for Red October) has something to say about the subject of stage direction:
I never, ever, ever set up a shot. Furthermore, I think writers make a terrible mistake when they don’t consider who’s telling the story. They apply this stilted journalistic style to the narrative and neutralize…