Screenwriting 101: Barbara Stepansky

“When I write scenes, I want to make sure that it drives the plot forward. If a scene doesn’t have a cause and effect built into it, it doesn’t make sense to have it. You have to make it essential enough that without that scene, the next scene couldn’t exist.”

— Barbara Stepansky (2013 Nicholl Winner, 2013 Black List)

From Go Into The Story interview, January 18, 2014

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