Screenwriting Mantra

As a writer, you read different stuffs in order to hone your skills but I was attracted to read Linda Seger's book, 'making a good script great' because the title itself sold itself and it turns out to be a good resource. I recommend it to every screenwriter.


There is a screenwriting mantra she emphasized in her book and that is...writing is rewriting. I recently came in contact with an aspiring screenwriter who has no screen credit to her name and yet feels her first rough draft is a master piece and no one is qualified to pick holes in it...including me. 


May no writer be like her. For the screenwriter out there who wants to go very far...another mantra is...you don't write a script, you rewrite it. This book is all about rewriting that first rough draft and making it great.
Enjoy reading it.