A script is a unique literary form, because it's not the end product; it's a blueprint. If you're not thinking of that end product, there's going to be a disconnect.
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The script is just a blueprint.
A script is like a theory of a movie.
The hardest thing about writing a script is you finish it, but it doesn't mean anything. It's not like a novel or short story - a script is meant to be made into a movie.
When you read a script, you get a feeling from it.
A good script is like a work of art in itself. I've read hundreds of scripts, and good ones are very rare. If the writer has something to say, and a voice, and a plot that matches character, and an emotional trajectory that works, then I'd be an idiot to fool around with it. It's just that few scripts ever are like that.
I always feel like a script is a recipe, and then you bring the elements into the recipe, and you cook with it.
Writing scripts is a laborious job that can be a real pain.
The script of a play is not a finished product: It's a set of instructions.
A script is not a piece of literature it's a process.
It's always more fun when something happens outside of a script.