I was just writing about the differences in approaches, generally speaking, between Pantsing short fiction writers and Planning screenwriters, so it's interesting for me to read this: With [screenwriting], you sit down, get the characters in mind, put your fingers on the keyboard, and type feeling your way into and through the scene.
It sounds like Scott takes quite a different approach to a lot of other screenwriting gurus I've read? How important is planning, and mapping out a structure, to his approach?
I was just writing about the differences in approaches, generally speaking, between Pantsing short fiction writers and Planning screenwriters, so it's interesting for me to read this: With [screenwriting], you sit down, get the characters in mind, put your fingers on the keyboard, and type feeling your way into and through the scene.
It sounds like Scott takes quite a different approach to a lot of other screenwriting gurus I've read? How important is planning, and mapping out a structure, to his approach?