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Articles on screenwriting, fiction writing, rewriting, and script doctoring

On the danger of over-rewriting

We all know the first draft is only a starting point. Rewriting isn’t just inevitable, it’s essential. (That said, if the first draft is too flimsy, it’ll collapse under the weight of revisions, and all that’ll be left is a shapeless heap of bits and pieces. And no rewrite will ever save it. Among the tools of rewriting are the...

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