OK, I'm working on screenplay that will be made into a low budget feature I'm one half of a writer-director duo.
We both took a crack at the draft and even though both have flaws, flaws that were pointed out in mine sort of scared me.
I would like to know if anyone had similiar issues and if so what tips can be taken to overcome them.
The problems below had little to do with plot, it was more how the characters reacted within that plot.
1. The first problem I had was inconsistency say a character saying or doing something when they don't have the right information to do that. basically when I do that I'm not being stupid it's like not seeing the wood for the trees and being able to step back. Is having these things common and having to get others to point them out a big deal?
2. It took me a while before I realised that in one scene a question that a character in the film would demand an answer to he did not get to the bottom of right away, in fact it was a page of diaogue before he asked this crucial question.
3. the Protagonist and the Antagonist in a moment where they spoke on the phone, insulted each other too well were they were hitting the nail on the head even though they knew very little about each other and the insults became a little childish and melodramatic.
I feel most of my problems come from not being able to take a step back and analyze the work I do objectively, harshly even and when I make these kinds of mistakes I feel stupid, ashamed and totally crestfallen and feel like 'Should I be doing this?'
Now I know that you're meant to fix many mistakes through subsequent drafts but I also fear if noone was there to tell me I had made these mistakes I would carry on and think it was fine. Shouldn't I have enough common sense to see some of these school boy errors?
I also feel I write very impulsively and don't think carefully enough about each scene but again I have trouble planning it out because I feel I have a hard time taking a step back to look at the grand plan. So to cut a long story short I feel like I have an issue with logic and cause and effect with characters within the plot of the film.
Now I feel I have already learned a lot and refuse to believe this is something that cannot be overcome.
Can anyone shed light on this madness? I'd feel better knowing others have had similar issues.
Thanks and apologies in advance if this is in the wrong area.
We both took a crack at the draft and even though both have flaws, flaws that were pointed out in mine sort of scared me.
I would like to know if anyone had similiar issues and if so what tips can be taken to overcome them.
The problems below had little to do with plot, it was more how the characters reacted within that plot.
1. The first problem I had was inconsistency say a character saying or doing something when they don't have the right information to do that. basically when I do that I'm not being stupid it's like not seeing the wood for the trees and being able to step back. Is having these things common and having to get others to point them out a big deal?
2. It took me a while before I realised that in one scene a question that a character in the film would demand an answer to he did not get to the bottom of right away, in fact it was a page of diaogue before he asked this crucial question.
3. the Protagonist and the Antagonist in a moment where they spoke on the phone, insulted each other too well were they were hitting the nail on the head even though they knew very little about each other and the insults became a little childish and melodramatic.
I feel most of my problems come from not being able to take a step back and analyze the work I do objectively, harshly even and when I make these kinds of mistakes I feel stupid, ashamed and totally crestfallen and feel like 'Should I be doing this?'
Now I know that you're meant to fix many mistakes through subsequent drafts but I also fear if noone was there to tell me I had made these mistakes I would carry on and think it was fine. Shouldn't I have enough common sense to see some of these school boy errors?
I also feel I write very impulsively and don't think carefully enough about each scene but again I have trouble planning it out because I feel I have a hard time taking a step back to look at the grand plan. So to cut a long story short I feel like I have an issue with logic and cause and effect with characters within the plot of the film.
Now I feel I have already learned a lot and refuse to believe this is something that cannot be overcome.
Can anyone shed light on this madness? I'd feel better knowing others have had similar issues.
Thanks and apologies in advance if this is in the wrong area.
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