Script doctoring is not a method. There is no universal checklist, no strict rules, only different approaches, sensibilities, and paths that lead to a single goal: improving the script by offering expertise, perspective, and sensitivity. Rhythm, tension, silence, pacing, glances, points of view, the authenticity of dialogue, sound… I come from an editing background, often called the "third writing" of a film. I understand how a film evolves through its making, and how the