Screenwriting : NEW BLOG: "How To Use The Talking Draft Method For A Fast First Draft" by Maurice Vaughan

Maurice Vaughan

NEW BLOG: "How To Use The Talking Draft Method For A Fast First Draft"

This is my first time hearing about "The Talking Draft Method." Have you heard of it? Do you use it when you write scripts?

https://www.stage32.com/blog/3092

Dan MaxXx

Nope. Hard pass on spec ideas but I wouldn't mind asking employers for talking recordings/or full storyboard first draft of a paid gig.

Maurice Vaughan

I might try it once with a spec idea to see how it goes, Dan MaxXx, but I would do the same thing that you said ("wouldn't mind asking employers for talking recordings/or full storyboard first draft of a paid gig").

Fred Gooltz

Thanks for the crosspost, Maurice. I certainly swear by the Talking Draft Method ;)

Maurice Vaughan

You're welcome, Fred Gooltz. I'm going to check out the Talking Draft Method soon.

Geoff Hall

Never heard of it, but as I work alone I'm not sure I'd want to add an additional stage to the writing process.

Roberta M Roy

Because my scripts are based on books I have written, the books become the talking drafts.

Fred Gooltz

I've always outlined outside of Final Draft. It used to be on a spreadsheet. So, Geoff Hall honestly I think of this as the last step of my own outlining stage. I outline for ages, usually using Frank Daniel's very flexible 8-Sequence guide (www.scriptoutliner.com). Usually 90% of my first draft's work time is actually troubleshooting a beatsheet. Then, conveniently, I can improv a talking draft right there on my outline inside the same app.

Roberta M Roy

Wish I'd know about it before I wrote my ten Jolt Survival Scripts. LOL

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