Here's a question for all you Done Dealers... how much attention to detail is really necessary in a screenplay? Because of some feedback I've had on my last two projects [from fellow writers], I'm absolutely paranoid about having anything in the story, however minor, that's going to pull my reader out of it, going, "No way in hell would that happen" or "Why didn't they just do [whatever]?" It drives me CRAZY when people do this, but I can't very well convince them, a la Mystery Science Theatre 3000, to "just say to yourself 'it's just a [script] I should really just relax'", now can I? Because of people's annoying tendency to bitch about details [and because, frankly, as a flyover-country peon, I can't afford to do ANYTHING to alienate readers... when I get as powerful as Aaron "I'm just trying to tell a good story, I don't care about reality" Sorkin, maybe I can afford to relax a little] I spent a good deal of time on my latest screenplay researching all manner of things that are, to one degree or another, stupid and inane and in a couple of cases [city council meetings, arrest and trial procedures, trains, and the finer points of risotto preparation] only had bearing on ONE OR TWO SCENES. Is this overkill? Should I just chill out and just concentrate on making everything plausible rather than making sure it's all not only plausible but accurate? [I write romantic comedy and other such character-driven things, not anything that's detail-oriented by nature like medical thrillers or science fiction]
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