Screenwriting 101: David Guggenheim
“I think in a spec you need to make sure you’re hooking your reader in that first fifteen pages, and that it has a strong enough concept…
“I think in a spec you need to make sure you’re hooking your reader in that first fifteen pages, and that it has a strong enough concept. Because your concept it what’s going to set it apart. If you don’t have a title like Batman, or you’re not based on preexisting material, you’re selling point is the concept.”
— David Guggenheim
Go Into The Story interview (May 5, 2013)
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