FINAL DRAFT

So I have been working on a script that I started back in 2004. I have shelved it on and off since that time. I feel that it is a great script. Friends and family have said so, okay with some bias. But I have also shown the script to interested parties. It is a crime story so I had to make sure it was authentic and the professionals in law enforcement think it is a good script. Okay, so I got the story down, pretty much. I have been working on character development and I know my characters pretty well. I've done the research. So then I had to format the script to hollywood standard. This is why it has taken me so long to finish it. A great writer and teacher, Ms. Nelson, recommended that I read SAVE THE CAT, by Blake Snyder. It saved my life. I always felt that screenwriting as a format destroys the creative process, and slows down the flow of just writing. But, I followed the exercises in the book, as tedious as it was and have now structured my film. I must say, it is a different script, and probably a better script. And once you understand how to format a script, it actually becomes easier to write that second and third and fourth one. I have a few scripts on the shelf. Now, I can rewrite the remaining with ease. FINAL DRAFT, love it.