Screenwriting 101: Sam Baron

“There are some great quotes that I always keep in mind. One is the David Mamet quote ‘Who needs what from whom, and what will happen if they don’t get it? The other is the Alexander Mackendrick quote, ‘What is happening now is never as interesting as the anticipation of what may or may not happen next.’ Those two things, I think about at the beginning of every single scene. And the scene is not good until you can address those two things.”

— Sam Baron

From Go Into The Story interview, April 2015

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