Today is a day for meandering thoughts, apparently. I realized that over the past few years I’ve adapted this sort of cycle between reading great/professional/successful scripts floating around the industry and then reading lots of my friends’ scripts. Sometimes there’s a stark difference, sometimes not. It’s hard to make any sweeping generalizations. Usually there’s a certain level of polish to the sold scripts, but a lot of my friends are getting to the point where they’re selling scripts so the lines are blurring altogether anyways. Meandering thoughts I’m having in regards to this though. Which scripts are more useful to read? The ones that aren’t perfect but are more comparable to your own? (Does this give you an idea of your own weaknesses) Or the “successful” ones that may teach you to do certain things (whether they’re inherently good writing things, or just industry-facing-success things - trends and whatnot)? Which is more instructive? I imagine it depends on the reader (aka the writer). For me, I’m inclined to think reading my friends’ stories is more helpful. Especially because of the involved notes process I implement when giving them my thoughts, it also helps me organize the lessons I learn from them just as well.
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