Short and Sweet: 4 Tips for Writing Tighter Scripts - Stage 32
By A Mystery Man Writer
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Many writers want to know how long their scripts should be. And the answer is almost always, “Shorter than you think.” This is especially true, dear creatives, as we start out our careers.
The other day on Instagram, writer/actor Shawn Parikh laid to rest the excuse “but Aaron Sorkin gets to do it” – namely, write massively long scripts – by reminding us, gently, that we are not Aaron Sorkin. For us mere mortals, 90-110 pages will do just fine.
But why is this the case? Why can’t we push to
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