Self-criticism

"I am forced to say that I have many fiercer critics than myself."

               - Irwin Shaw

While self-criticism washes like a warm drizzle on a summer day, the criticism of strangers soaks like one of those slanting, face-on, pressure washes of winter.


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Rescripting

Screenplays improve with every rewrite. You can spend your lifetime rewriting the perfect script. Unfortunately, no one will ever find it if you're dead.
        - S.R. Lundin


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Master Mind

"I am a galley slave to pen and ink."

         - Honore de Balzac

Master is in the mind.


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Kiss of Death

"A kiss that speaks volumes is seldom a first edition."

         - Clare Whiting

Writing without passion is a sure kiss of death.


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Need Nerve

"You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer."

         - Margaret Atwood

Thick skin is helpful too.


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Calling a Screenplay

Calling a screenplay a template is like calling sheet music an outline.

        - S.R. Lundin


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End of Editing

Publication: The end of editing and beginning of revision.

- S.R. Lundin


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Writing is to Reading

Writing is to reading what cooking is to eating.
   - S.R. Lundin


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Sin not Read

"When I am dead, I hope it may be said:

'His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.'"
     - Hilaire Belloc

...and still to this day I hear his voice in my head.


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Baby Pictures

Seeing your first screenplay is like seeing baby pictures of you in a diaper.

   - S.R. Lundin


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