Screenwriting 101: Noah Baumbach

“When something strikes me, I write it down in a notebook. I’ll often find I write versions of the same idea over and over with slight variation. Almost like I’m trying to figure out what’s interesting to me about it. And then it’s the accumulation of these fragments, scenes, images, whatever, that start to suggest story or character. Early drafts are wider ranging, of course, but once the story takes shape, all work is in service of the narrative.”

— Noah Baumbach

From Written By, February | March 2020

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