My Absurdly Complicated Writing Process
September 1st, 2010Often how I write is a little out of order. Let’s say for example that I’m writing a 100 page movie. Often times, I’ll get to page 65, and then write something that corresponds with something that happened on page 25 that I haven’t written yet. So, I go back to page 25 and fill in the gap. I started doing that last night and realized how ass backwards that is. As unnatural as it seems, it’s the workflow that seems the most natural. I’m actually very excited about writing that scene tonight. I’ve built up a great moment of tension. My only problem is that I sort of like having these intense moments with no real payoff at the end of the scene. Nothing really cheesy like a cat jumping out of a trash can or some shit like that. I’ll give you an example. There’s a scene when…
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