It’s one thing to write scripts, another to talk to the people who work with the scripts you write. Their outlook is different, their approach geared to the problems involved in turning words on paper into images on a theatre or television screen. Yet precisely because this is the case, their thoughts often are of infinite value to the scripter.
That being the case, here are the insights of six experienced people in the business: a story editor, a writer/director of entertainment films, a producer/director of home video entertainment films, an agent, a manager of a major video production facility, and a story analyst of print material.
STORY EDITOR: Judy Burns.
Intrigued early on by film, and totally captivated by “Star ...
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