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110 | Advice For Script Readability (And Other Musings) - MAILBAG

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

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How to Improve Writer's Script Readability

"I never try to go over three lines in a description. I work really hard to not do that," she said. "You should be able to know what character it is just by reading the dialogue because honestly, those execs are reading so fast." She added: "If there's too many narrative things happening in one scene...it just turns into mush and I can't follow it"

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