The Art of Rewriting: 9 Steps to Rewrite a Screenplay like a Pro | Script Reader Pro

[@Enite]

Just for future ref: 1) Choose your mindset 1:50 2) Voice Check 2:30 3) Set a goal for each pass 3:48 4) Look at scenes completely on their own 4:52 5) Key in on what the audience needs to feel 6:24 6) Make sure the tone is consistent 7:16 7) Do a final challenge of dialogue 8:27 8) Make sure format is PERFECT 9:55 9) Know when you're done! 11:05 Thanks for your insight Scott! Helps to get a good rundown of people's rewrite checklists! Cheers!

[@ScriptReaderProLosAngeles]

Thanks for watching and this super helpful breakdown!

[@mattherbert873]

Such a helpful video I have been trying to rewrite so much I started to burn myself out. Thanks for the video.

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You can do it! Thanks for watching and glad it's helpful :)

[@jacqibowe]

That was incredible! I just got coverage from you guys and was going to dive back in when I received your email about this video. Serendipity Do-dah! Now I have a game plan. And it seems so much less scary! Still leaving the light on though. :) Thank you!!!

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We love that. Thanks for using our script services too. Stay inspired, and keep on writing!

[@screenwriterabdullahh.erak2778]

Thank you for this.

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It's our pleasure!

[@Demonico-j7x]

I finished my first draft in September and only now have I started going back through it. Before I rewrite anything, I'm going back and asking questions of each scene. What is the characters motivation here? What subtext is behind their ? Does it contradict the actions/motivations in previous/upcoming scenes. It's a bit of a mammoth task amongst other tasks but it's well worth doing.

[@damepieper2163]

This is great, thanks!

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Glad you like it!

[@joyvastola5656]

Thanks Scott. Always helpful and supportive!!

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We couldn't agree more, Joy, and are thrilled to have Scott as one of our Pros.

[@MorganHenryProductions]

Very awakening! I felt kind of scared of heading back into one of my screenplays, you know? It was haunting me. I was hopping from first draft to the next without going back and reanalyzing something. -- I think I'm going to rewrite now!

[@thenightowlchronicles4181]

Hi Scott, great video!! Great channel A+

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Thanks so much! Be sure to tune in every Tuesday, as we will be posting new videos then!

[@davidstorme8748]

Well said!

[@francoisrousseau886]

Thanks a lot. That's very insightful and helpful ! And your english is a delight and easy to understand even for a french man like me :-)

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Glad the video was not only helpful but understandable!

[@JimCOtar]

Thank you, great tips.

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Thank you for watching, Jim!

[@gianthills]

I just keep starting over and go through each scene and as I do so I notice things, small things usually, but I don't say I'm just looking bat dialogue, then whatever. I read it and the things that aren't quite right just pop out at me. Or I may notice a way to make a connection I hadn't noticed before. I keep going to the end. I then leave it alone the do the same thing the next day. Or maybe things came to me while away from the screenplay. Then after many revisions it gets very tight.

[@ScriptReaderProLosAngeles]

We agree with your strategy, Damon. Like you said, it's not about making one revision pass but multiple looking at different aspects. Nice work!

[@karencrider4894]

Great webinar. Thanks. I'm always looking for insight into screenplays. One never arrives in the knowledge needed to be a great writer. That should be the goal of every screenwriter who strikes the keys and imbibes the coffee at three a.m.

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We're glad you enjoyed the video, Karen!

[@MrTonystar1]

Looking at scenes in a different document is a great suggestion. Thank you!

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our pleasure!

[@freddyfranchise]

Man, this was very good advice. Until now I was always trying to work on everything at the same time, which is quite exhausting.

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Glad you found this video helpful Freddy!

[@index1001]

Excellent suggestions. Helpful and really interesting i like the tip about removing words, i don't know why i haven't been doing this because i also write poems and do this religiously stripping out every word that does not need to be there. And mate where did you get that badarse Pennyworth model, i want one for my niece she is terrified of him hahahaha ( She is 25 so not frightening a child)

[@ScriptReaderProLosAngeles]

Hi Steve, so wonderful to hear you can also apply the lesson to your poems! And unfortunately we don't know the answer on Pennyworth ha

[@didutasev4427]

Great vid, thank you, but I have a doubt. I've read in many other places that a variation in tone can create juxtaposition. For instance, having a positive feeling tone, just before a negative feeling scene. As having a funny situation just before someone is killed. Is that really wrong?

[@ScriptReaderProLosAngeles]

Hi Didu, it ultimately comes down to the smoothness of the read. If it is too jarring it can be off-putting, but if it is balanced carefully it can work. If this is something you want to try within a screenplay, a suggestion would be to have a professional screenwriter read and give you feedback on if it works or not. Check out our Classic Feature Coverage Service on our website!

[@InformantNet]

Honesty isn't always the best policy. It's objectively weird that you have pen ink on your tongue. What you should have said is that you had a blue raspberry Jolly Rancher just before you made this video because now the only thing on my mind is how you could possibly get ink on your tongue.

[@didutasev4427]

And another doubt, the 8th steps seems very interesthing but I can't really get it. You shoukd have given a before and after snapshot so we can easilly understand it.

[@ScriptReaderProLosAngeles]

Thanks for the suggestion on this!

[@warmflash]

Re-writing is writing.

[@ScriptReaderProLosAngeles]

Yes! It is all a part of the process

[@warmflash]

@@ScriptReaderProLosAngeles The only kind of writing is rewriting. Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast

[@melodymundy5985]

I like u

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Thanks for watching Melody!