Screenwriting 101: Grace Sherman
“Usually, with the first draft I know what I have to come back to, and what’s not sounding quite right and just needs to be cleaned up, but…
“Usually, with the first draft I know what I have to come back to, and what’s not sounding quite right and just needs to be cleaned up, but get it on paper first. Then I will read it again, go through little things here and there, clean this up, change this, do this, and then go back again. Then I’ll get to a point where the mechanics are cleaned up and things like that. Then, how is it flowing? How is it sounding? When you talk about scenes, is this scene advancing the plot? Is it needed? Is this dialogue sharp enough? Is it as creative as it could be? Can I do something different with it? Just cleaning it up and then scene by scene or act by act as well, first 30 pages, second 30, whatever and really get into the heart of making it even more compelling, even more interesting, even more different, creative. That’s the process. Actually, I enjoy the rewrite.”
— Grace Sherman