Screenwriting 101: Scott Frank

“The best writing is also subconscious where you don’t know that you’re doing it, and you don’t realize you’ve done it. That’s a few seconds and the rest of the week is using the other half of your brain manipulating what you’ve come up with in those few seconds. The only way you can get to those subconscious places is by having a sense of play; it should always feel like play. That’s how I try to do it. If I’m not having fun, it’s wrong. Sometimes it’s not fun but even when you’re under a lot of pressure, you need to try and have fun and try to be excited and exhilarated and that’s the hard part.”

— Scott Frank

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