I am working on my first feature script while I shop around my original tv pilot, and I've found myself just writing out random scenes that occur to me that I want to include but I haven't really finished organizing my thoughts regarding the direction of my script. Does that happen to anyone else? Or do you try to finish an outline, begin a draft, etc.
Screenwriting : Writing random scenes without the whole project outlined/realized by Krista Crawford
Writing random scenes without the whole project outlined/realized
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I do a beat sheet then expand into an outline then start on my draft
I start with sequences, usually 12-18 in 100 pages. Each sequence has its own beginning, middle, end. Then outline, then scene writing.
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I know of novelists who work like that. Nothing wrong with it. Me, I try to follow my muse as long as possible. But at some point it becomes clear it's time to slit the muse's throat and become brutally analytic about what I've got to work with. :)
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Oh yes that happens to me! I don' t think it is strange at all. It helps with the outlining process as well.
I don't outline (other than the outline in my head) but do try to write scenes in their proper order. Everyone is different though. My guy likes to jot down scenes as he thinks of them, then pieces it all together. It's really about what works for you.