I know many people who say that rewriting is boring. It’s like the first flow is the fun part, and rewriting is the dull and uninspiring work you have to do to make other people wanting to read it.
Personally, I find rewriting fun and inspiring.
When the first draft has gained it’s “the end” at the last page I am extremely happy. I made it, I succeeded, a big WOW-feeling.
Rewriting does rarely become that divine feeling as producing that first draft may, but it doesn’t need that very much.
From here on, skill is what is needed most.
And it is not such a bad sensation the feeling of being skilled creates either.
I hope I’m not provocative, but the creative flow has always been inside me. I’ve learned a lot about my creative flow the past year, but the flow is as it is. It remains the same. A lovely river that I hope will never stop.
My skill is something else. It is workmanship. Developing the talent.
For me it is extremely pleasing to feel that my skill has improved. To feel that I have learned something. That there is still hope.
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This is a very humble post for a great writer like you. And that makes you truly admired.
Thank you for the kind words.
I rewrote one of my scripts 62 times.
Only a few of my friends read it but one friend cried after reading it and handed the script back to me with tears on the pages.
Script writing to me is the art of rewriting.
Wow, what a reaction!
"The art of rewriting", yes, I've never thought about it that way, but you are right.
I really believe the different between a good script writer and a bad script writer is how many times someone is willing to rewrite a story till it works.
All my first attempts at writing were scripts and I would hand those scripts to friends and ask them to be the meanest critics they could be.
All my original scripts ended up in a trash can until one day came when everyone liked one of my scripts.
I then rewrote that script many times till it shined.
I partially agree with you. But I would be very careful to tell a future buyer that I had rewritten a script 62 times; there are those who thinks it is unprofessional to need so many rewrites to get it right.
In the end it is result that counts, I think. If I made it in three or hundred-and-three, what does it matter?
I would never tell a future buyer I rewrote that script 62 times as it was very unprofessional.
I was learning how to write at the time and that was the first script I wrote that didn't take a drive into the trash can.
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