Read it as if some other, lamer screenwriter wrote it. What would you do differently? Then, do that.
QandA
Character depth in a short film
Most successful shorts don’t spend much of their time filling in the details about their characters. Strive for economy.
Writing about what you don’t know
If screenwriters only wrote about subjects they knew intimately, most screenplays would be about Tetris, television or getting picked last for team sports.
Other interests and hobbies
Do you play guitar, or do some other type of hobby in order to get inspiration for your writing? — Jesse Leal I don’t play guitar, though I’ve always wanted to learn. I tried to teach myself on my father’s guitar, but never even mastered tuning it, which made the rest of the process painful […]