Screenwriting 101: James Acker

“I usually just do the scribble draft and take it scene by scene. Here’s a description what happens in this scene. Here’s one line of dialogue that I think will be emblematic in this scene, because I do a lot of dialogue scenes. Basically, what is the core line? Even if it isn’t going to be literally in the script, what is the one‑line piece of dialogue that sums up what I want to arrive at in this scene? Doing that scene by scene almost always takes me to the end.”

— James Acker

From Go Into The Story interview, Feb. 2021

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