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The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

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The Importance of Description in a Movie

I think for a feature I'm thinking about two different readers. One is the executive who just wants to know scene by scene by scene what's funny and interesting. And then after God willing it sold, I'm thinking of the crew that has to make the movie. If this thing's like 120 pages and it could be like 101 with just being a little more efficacious about when I'm using description, then I'm a fan of that. It just depends. Sometimes I'll do a pass after I've gotten something done and sold for the crew. You know, I'll go back in and say, okay, now, let me describe these things in great detail so I don't

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