If you're serious about learning the craft, consider the Navigator program. I am a current student. No, Jacob didn't ask me to write this. I'm doing it because I know there are people out there that have the chops, but lack the guidance. What I can tell you is that from my time in the Navigator I have improved immensely and I think Jacob could attest to this. Am I perfect? No. Am I making strides toward getting work? Damn right I am! Can I pick apart stories, understand what's working and what isn't, decipher notes and apply their underlying messages? Yes, yes, and yes. Again, if you're serious, book the consultation. It's worth the time, even if it simply helps you to understand what you actually want to do in the screenwriting world. Cheers!
Writing a new script is a very good idea that you'll see once writing it. All those new ideas and techniques you learned love a fresh page. Then after, revising those previous scripts is easier since you've put into practice many new things.
Depending where you are in your screenwriting journey and you thought you had a good idea, wrote it, finished it and think it’s amazing. That’s great. But if you are learning (you should always be) There is no reason you can’t start another great idea, but if that first script is still strong in your mind, go back and make the changes you have learned over the months or years since you wrote the first draft. Go back. Tweak, clean it up or re-write it. When I learn new things on dialog, action scenes, plot or pacing, I go back and add it to the scripts I have finished. It’s important to keep creating new projects so you can keep the juices flowing, but you can always go back and make your old scripts better. Love this channel. I always find something new that I can use weight away.
You know WAY more than I do about this craft, but I’m not so sure about completely abandoning a script/idea you cultivated at least to a point of having a plot, characters, etc. Yeah, if you sit it aside and you crank out a few new scripts and you forget about that old one- move on. But if it still interests you, why not return to it at some point and put the new things you learned into that old story?
They say writing is rewriting and I'm quite sure if I went back to one of my old scripts I could make it significantly better. Come to think of it while I always have up to six drafts, I never actually go get some industry feedback and then implement the suggested changes (and when I do I don't implement those changes and just move on).
Has to do with what are you gonna do with the script if you finish it? If it's not a marketable idea you can do anything with, if it's not gonna be a good "resume" script, and if it wouldn't do well in a competition, then put it in a drawer and move on. Why waste time? IF YOU ARE READY for the big time. If you're still learning? Sure. Write the script you want to write. But life is short and I don't want to waste time doing something that isn't going to help in the long run.
It occurred to me that a writer, any type, that was a bad person, has more tools to be a great writer. The rise to humanity, from their past, helps them create more varied characters.
If you're serious about learning the craft, consider the Navigator program. I am a current student. No, Jacob didn't ask me to write this. I'm doing it because I know there are people out there that have the chops, but lack the guidance. What I can tell you is that from my time in the Navigator I have improved immensely and I think Jacob could attest to this. Am I perfect? No. Am I making strides toward getting work? Damn right I am! Can I pick apart stories, understand what's working and what isn't, decipher notes and apply their underlying messages? Yes, yes, and yes. Again, if you're serious, book the consultation. It's worth the time, even if it simply helps you to understand what you actually want to do in the screenwriting world. Cheers!
I try to watch one of your videos daily to keep me motivated and, boy, fired this one ever get fired up.
I love this channel. Please keep pumping out videos--Its great for daily inspirations!
Writing a new script is a very good idea that you'll see once writing it. All those new ideas and techniques you learned love a fresh page. Then after, revising those previous scripts is easier since you've put into practice many new things.
Depending where you are in your screenwriting journey and you thought you had a good idea, wrote it, finished it and think it’s amazing. That’s great. But if you are learning (you should always be)
There is no reason you can’t start another great idea, but if that first script is still strong in your mind, go back and make the changes you have learned over the months or years since you wrote the first draft. Go back. Tweak, clean it up or re-write it. When I learn new things on dialog, action scenes, plot or pacing, I go back and add it to the scripts I have finished. It’s important to keep creating new projects so you can keep the juices flowing, but you can always go back and make your old scripts better.
Love this channel. I always find something new that I can use weight away.
You know WAY more than I do about this craft, but I’m not so sure about completely abandoning a script/idea you cultivated at least to a point of having a plot, characters, etc. Yeah, if you sit it aside and you crank out a few new scripts and you forget about that old one- move on. But if it still interests you, why not return to it at some point and put the new things you learned into that old story?
They say writing is rewriting and I'm quite sure if I went back to one of my old scripts I could make it significantly better. Come to think of it while I always have up to six drafts, I never actually go get some industry feedback and then implement the suggested changes (and when I do I don't implement those changes and just move on).
Has to do with what are you gonna do with the script if you finish it? If it's not a marketable idea you can do anything with, if it's not gonna be a good "resume" script, and if it wouldn't do well in a competition, then put it in a drawer and move on. Why waste time? IF YOU ARE READY for the big time. If you're still learning? Sure. Write the script you want to write. But life is short and I don't want to waste time doing something that isn't going to help in the long run.
It occurred to me that a writer, any type, that was a bad person, has more tools to be a great writer. The rise to humanity, from their past, helps them create more varied characters.
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