first draft – Harry Ford

Week 7 – Writing is Rewriting

Last week, I wrote about how the first draft is an important foundation to refine and sculpt during rewrites. As I finished the first draft of my short Nick Murphy’s Last Broadcast this week, the notion that writing is rewriting echoed constantly in my mind. Even as I typed ‘THE END’, I was thinking aboutContinue reading “Week 7 – Writing is Rewriting”

Week 6 – The first draft

You can spend weeks and months writing drafts, outlines, treatments, and any other useful materials, but eventually, the time will come to sit down and start writing. It’s always a tense moment, knowing that all your hard work comes down to how good the resulting screenplay turns out to be. However, writers often focus soContinue reading “Week 6 – The first draft”