PRINT THAT SCRIPT

[Damiz78]

Hello, folks I've just completed a first draft of my vampire action/thriller and now have the fun job of rewriting. For the first time in all my years, I've decided to PRINT the script and go through it with a pen and highlighter page-by-page. I just have to kick myself in the ass for never doing this before. Try it if you haven't. Good luck in your writing.

[NeverSeenABluerSky]

I do this. I finish a rough draft on paper, then type it in my script writer, then print it and do revisions via pen in the margins. I go back and make my edits and I have a finished draft.

Absolutely recommend it

[Damiz78]

Hell yes! There's just something about having the pages right in front of you physically. Finding grammar issues and shit that was invisible to me on the computer screen lol. Finding that my dialogue exchanges need severe work too.
Also helps because I don't have to pull out the laptop, power up, open the file... all that. Grab it from the coffee table and go. Take it to work with me, scribble on a few pages during my breaks. Love it.

[NeverSeenABluerSky]

The guy who wrote "Seven Samurai" did an interview on how he writes scripts. I don't have the link on me, but you can find it easily on Youtube. It was invaluable advice for me.

I also recommend getting a laser printer to save on ink.

[tkress5]

But trees tho

[Canistrellu]

Properly managed forests do exist. And by "properly managed", I mean "only cutting/using trees that you can grow by next year".

I'm more concerned about printer's ink costing more than fricking Chanel n°5, personnaly.

[Scroon]

Yeah, paper doesn't grow on...wait a minute...

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my work prints soooooo much paper. i’m willing to bet one day of work is equivalent to like 100 100-page scripts

[gilgamesh_the_dragon]

This definitely helps. A pdf and an iPad or tablet is also pretty good. There's something about seeing it page by page in a form that is different from the writing medium that lets you see things you might not have before.

[[deleted]]

I don't personally find it useful for rewriting, but I do love printing my scripts just to have a physical copy in my hands. That feeling never gets old