On Wednesday afternoon, I handed off thirty pages of the collaborative screenplay project to my writing partner; now they will run with the story for awhile. Very curious to see how they receive my interpretation of the pre-writing discussions and bull sessions, and even more curious to see where they take the story next. Batting ideas around for a project in a safe cocoon is one thing, once the idea starts taking shape and intention crosses over into reality, there’s some disconnects and–very hopefully, or it’s going to be a craptastic story–surprises.<\/p>\n
Oliver Stone once said it didn’t matter what was on the page once the cameras started rolling. He put it a bit more crudely, actually. But in a way, his maxim rings true for a manuscript. Writers can plan and outline all they want, but at least some of the pre-production flies out the window once the cylinders start firing. The preparations are not for naught.<\/p>\n
Plans can pay off big during gut checks, the days when one takes a real hard look at a project and asks, “Is what on this page what is playing in my head? Can a reasonable person glean what I intended for them to see based only upon what I have written?”<\/p>\n
And proving that theorem takes another set of eyeballs and some understanding–maybe only primitive, maybe at the highest of levels–of what one was trying to do in the first place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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