Screenwriting is always about what people say or do, whereas good writing is about a thought process or an abstract image or an internal monologue, none of which works on screen.
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Screenwriting is a much more collaborative effort. When you write a novel, it's just you, with input from your editor.
I've always been a writer, I've always been a storyteller, but I never thought about screenwriting.
Screenwriting is the most prized of all the cinematic arts. Actually, it isn't, but it should be.
I think, in a weird way, the reason I was drawn to screenwriting and the reason I really love doing it is because I love writing dialogue.
I don't think screenwriting is therapeutic. It's actually really, really hard for me. It's not an enjoyable process.
Writing, of course, is writing, acting comes from the theater, and cinematography comes from photography. Editing is unique to film. You can see something from different points of view almost simultaneously, and it creates a new experience.
'Writing' is the wrong way to describe what happens to words in a movie. First, you put down words. Then you rehearse them with actors. Then you shoot the words. Then you edit them. You cut a lot of them, you fudge them, you make up new ones in voice-over. Then you cut it and throw it all away.
As a writer of both novels and screenplays, I can say that screenwriting is a vastly rewarding creative life - if you fight hard enough to do it on your own terms. Whether I write books or not, my screenwriting life has been creatively rewarding and remains so.
I have no problems or issues with screenwriting in general.
Screenwriting is like ironing. You move forward a little bit and go back and smooth things out.