PODCAST – ADAPTATION: The Rhythm of Rewriting
What he's really proving to you is that any idea can work. And any idea can not work. You can have Robert McKee give a half page long speech and it can work. And you can have Robert McKee give a half page long speech and it can not work. You can use voice over and it can work. You can use voice over and it can not work. You can have multiple characters and it can work. You can have multiple characters and it can not work. This only works and not works in relation to that one true thing - that one thing that you're truly passionate about.
So, what we're doing in each revision is we're trying to whittle it down. And there are really only two ways we can whittle things down: The first is that we cut stuff that has nothing to do with it. And, actually, if you read this draft, you'll see a lot of stuff that was good but it didn't really build the main thrust...
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