Karyn Ben Singer

#screenwriters, when you're tackling a rewrite draft, what's your method?

As in, do you open the existing and make adjustments? Do you print it and make notes (or some digital variation with an iPad)? Do you start fresh and consult the previous draft as you go?

#screenwriting #screenplay

Nov 23, 2022 at 7:20pmWeb
Show threadJonkhead JonesNov 23, 2022
@kbenwrites I used to write notes in the margins of a printed draft. Since moving over to a remarkable I do all of that there. Still taking hand written notes, but side stepping all the paper.
Show threadYusuf GadNov 24, 2022
@kbenwrites anything other than printing and editing on paper is complete Chthulu level mountain madness.
Show threadGlenn SandersNov 24, 2022

@kbenwrites combination of all. I often print it out & make notes on paper. then go through the PDF and notes, capturing them in Evernote by page number, sometimes grouping by subject.

partly to capture my revs in a list, eliminate anything that doesn't stick and feel the revs so the list isn't even needed. new draft gets a new file, using the previous draft as reference along with the notes.

complicated? I dunno, makes sense to me.

Show threadCoridan MillerNov 29, 2022
@kbenwrites I go through the draft on the computer focusing one scene at a time. Paper drafts are good but I have a tendency to make a shorthand note and not have any clue what it meant when I get back to the keyboard. Anything other than that last suggestion though seems good.
Show threadKaryn Ben SingerNov 29, 2022
@coridanmiller I’ve definitely had those moments of looking at a note and wondering what top secret code I was writing in because it’ll just say something vague like “she remembers Saturday!” What the heck happened on Saturday?? Why did she forget until now? What is going on?!?