The first draft of DANGERBALL is done, and... 171 pages to boot, which means not only is it a movie no would would ever do, it's also too long. I'm currently shaping up an edited version, and I've managed to cut it down to about 150. I think I can go a little further, but I'm knocking some of the funny out of it by doing so.
The thing about writing screenplays is it's such a different animal from other forms. It's economical and it bullies you with very wide margins to achieve its end. Plays and novels I write until I'm done, screenplays I do the same thing with, except that I know that'll eventually someone will ask me to shave forty or so pages out of it and not have one scene last more than three pages.
The thing about writing screenplays is it's such a different animal from other forms. It's economical and it bullies you with very wide margins to achieve its end. Plays and novels I write until I'm done, screenplays I do the same thing with, except that I know that'll eventually someone will ask me to shave forty or so pages out of it and not have one scene last more than three pages.
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