Screenwriting 101: Bill Holderman
“You can make a script that will make a great movie, and you can make that same script be really fun to read or just so‑so fun to read…
“You can make a script that will make a great movie, and you can make that same script be really fun to read or just so‑so fun to read. Make your script fun to read. Make it a page‑turner. If that means finding a way, if it’s a comedy, to put in humor into the action lines, not in an obnoxious way, if you can get your script to a place where it’s a page‑turner, you will get it made. I think everyone should go back and read their scripts and then read scripts that do get made. Oftentimes, even at that level, even though it’s a blueprint for the moviemaking process, it is its own finished product in its own right and it should be incredibly enjoyable and easy for development people to read.”
— Bill Holderman