Major Project - Writing Descriptive Material & Learning From Mistakes

When it comes to writing for my Scripts I've realised that I write far too much descriptive passages where I assume that the reader knows how its going to come across visually.

You have to write a lot, and see how it lands. You have to read enough so that you understand what good writing is. It's a judgment call, and one of the things I struggled with when I first started writing was when to exercise that judgment. I felt like, if I could see it vividly in my head, I had to communicate it on the page exactly as I saw it, down to the last detail. What I eventually realised is that describing every act and every object in such detail is counterproductive. It makes reading the script a grind. And most importantly, it robs those moments where you really are trying to create tension of their power.

I've often heard that young filmmakers tend to overestimate the amount of information audiences need and underestimate the speed with which they can process it. This is why it is important for me to look beyond these mistakes and address what I am writing from a different angle. This is one reason why for me, the tutorials with Simon have been so useful. I feel like i'm learning something new every step of the way.