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Question: Writing the great Screenplay!?
I have been working on writing a screenplay for a few months now!. I have read many books (Robert Mckee especially) and I am just stuck in the rut of coming up with ideas that keep my interest!. It seems that one day I come up with a great idea, great characters and interesting subplots, but then I go to sleep and wake up thinking the idea sucks!. I have gone through scores of characters, plots, general ideas but they end up dead!. Am I being too critical of my work, do I need to just grind through the first stages of the story creation so it will seem more interesting later or do I honestly think my work is bad!. Anyone else experience this!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
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Luke, a couple things to consider which might well influence your decision!.
--First screenplays are almost always utter crap!. Second ones, too!. No matter how hard you work at it, no matter how good the concept, no matter how well you write, crap!. Why not get that behind you!?
--There's a visible learning curve in writing fiction, including screenplays!. If you don't get going, committing yourself to completion, you stay at the bottom!.
--Every writer I know has days they think their work or idea is terrible!. Only some of them are right!. However, consider the number of really terrible movies there are!.!.!.
Write a good logline for every idea you've got cooking!. Pick the most promising, plan out the whole script, and write that sucker!Www@QuestionHome@Com
I have exactly the same problem! I have tons of ideas in the night but come morning I get bored!.
Write something really, stupidly, simple!. The only play I've finished was a very simple story with only 4 present characters!.Www@QuestionHome@Com