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  • #16
    Re: "Don't chew the reader's food for him."

    I've never done a vomit draft, and I balk at those who talk like writing one is de rigeur - implying you're green if you don't - but having said that, my carefully planned efforts probably read like vomit drafts.....
    M.A.G.A.

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    • #17
      Re: "Don't chew the reader's food for him."

      Originally posted by SundownInRetreat View Post
      I've never done a vomit draft, and I balk at those who talk like writing one is de rigeur - implying you're green if you don't - but having said that, my carefully planned efforts probably read like vomit drafts.....
      Yup. I think it would be a very special writer who gets it right first time without any revisions.

      As Craig said, find a method which works for you. For me, it happens to be a Ryman's pseudo-Moleskine (much cheaper) notebook and a uni-ball Vision Elite*


      *if uni-ball would like to sponsor me, please contact me via this forum...
      @MacBullitt

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      • #18
        Re: "Don't chew the reader's food for him."

        I'm puking right now.

        HH

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        • #19
          Re: "Don't chew the reader's food for him."

          Originally posted by haroldhecuba View Post
          I'm puking right now.

          HH
          Chunky?
          @MacBullitt

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          • #20
            Re: "Don't chew the reader's food for him."

            Originally posted by holly View Post
            there is a difference between "spoon feeding" and "hand holding".
            to this day, the studio notes i get in my first draft (which is also like a second draft for i, too, am a bleeder, as opposed to a barfer) are -
            - where exactly are we here? how many days have passed from that scene?
            - exactly how much time does it take between this happening and that happening? where are we here?
            etc. general plot, fine, general characters, fine. its never that.
            its the stuff i forget about because i know the story so well. the first time reader wants to have a comfortable ride. frankly, its the stuff that will probably get cut out of a produced and edited cut of the thing. but i think a lot about a script as a first time ride out to the country. you need to really hold their hand. the first time you take a ride to the country, you're thinking - can this guy drive? how long is it? i have to pee? will we get lunch? there is the anxiety of a first time journey.
            the second time you take the SAME trip - it feels half as long. you are PSYCHED to stop at the custard stand. look at those beautiful cows!
            i always think because execs have bought my pitch and read my outline they're going to the country for the second time. they're not. first draft, first time.
            This is a real important point. My experience is only based on my reps and one producer but I get this completely. It's like you can't give readers credit that they'll figure it out. Clarity is key.

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