Comments on: Easy Steps To Polish Your First Draft

By: Phil Gladwin

Phil Gladwin — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:19:40 +0000

Well, you’re in the right place. What stage are you at? Give me a little more detail and maybe I can give more advice.

And in the meantime, why don’t you come over to the forum at:

http://www.screenwritinggoldmine.com/forum

There’s a lot of like minded people there to discuss this particular issue!

By: taylon bridges

taylon bridges — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:13:37 +0000

i need help on starting my screenwriting career

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What’s New in Publishing Blogs This Week « Purple Hearts — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:19:16 +0000

[...] Although our focus here is on novel writing, the principles of screenwriting are great additional tools to help hone your fiction craft. There are a number of similarities between the two, which is why we wanted to recommend an entry from the Screenwriting Goldmine blog. The post on EASY STEPS TO POLISH YOUR FIRST DRAFT has some spot-on advice that will apply whether you are polishing your script of buffing up your book. To see what those tips are, click HERE. [...]

By: JohnB.

JohnB. — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:34:29 +0000

Yeah, really good stuff. Very helpful. Thanks Phil.

By: DrBryan

DrBryan — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:55:19 +0000

Excellent advice, Phil.
If only you`d posted it before I put up my First Draft of “Tony Maloni” over at the Goldmine Forum!

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:40:37 +0000

Yes, that cold perspective is a real asset, and the only way I’ve ever really found to get it is to walk away for a while. It’s hard, but it pays dividends. Glad you’ve found it useful.

By: Tonja

Tonja — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:28:25 +0000

*Correction: Oops! Typo! I meant to say “But it does make SENSE…”, not since.

Ugh…

By: Tonja

Tonja — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:27:00 +0000

What a terrific article, Phil! This really gave me some perspective. I truly thought that you should get notes from someone else once you finished your first draft since they have a different perspective. But it does make since to put your “away from the script for some time” perspective on it FIRST.

I needed this entry. Thanks, Phil!

And the little bullet points really helped with the project I’m working on now. I can try my best to get those things right the first time, at least.