I think film writing, you're thinking in pictures, and stage writing, you're thinking in dialogue. In film writing, it's also, you only get so many words, so everything has to earn its place in a really economical way. I think for stage writing, you have more leeway.
From Zoe Kazan
I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays.
I always wrote. My parents are writers. It just seemed like something people did.
I took a writing class in college, liked it, and my first year out of school I couldn't get a job, so I wrote a play.
I never wanted to be a playwright.
I think action should be revealed through character, so if you have a plot problem, it's probably a character problem.
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