Writing Television Drama by Nicholas Gibbs
Author:Nicholas Gibbs
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Writing Television Drama
ISBN: 9781444167610
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Published: 2012-09-21T04:00:00+00:00
Now rewrite… and rewrite
As you go through all these questions, your answers will generate a desire to revise and rewrite. The purpose of the rewrite is to make your script better. Ultimately, someone you’ve probably never met will have to read this script and make a judgement on it. You want to impress that stranger, so you need the script to be the best it can be.
You will have to be tough on yourself and tough on the writing. You may have the best scene you’ve ever written but, if it doesn’t sit well in the script because it doesn’t push the story along, then cut it. If a scene isn’t working, rewrite it or reposition it. It may need to be supported by additional scenes.
Now go through the script word by word:
cut
rewrite
polish.
Once you’ve revised the script, put it away for a week and then return to it and go through the same process again.
You can revise as many times as you like but don’t slip into a permanent cycle of rewriting just for the sake of it. It will serve no purpose. In fact, it could end up being the reason why your script never sees the light of day.
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