B-Story

While reviewing the initial draft of the screenplay, I realized that the existing B-Story did not fit in well with the rest of the movie.

I pulled out those scenes. When I read them together, it became obvious that they didn’t actually form a complete story. So, that was a second reason to remove them!

Sometimes, a movie gets better by removing scenes that don’t work. This is especially true during the writing phase. It remains true during the production and editing phases.

There is a quote by Howard Hawks that puts this into perspective. He says, “A good movie is three good scenes and no bad scenes.” I’m happy to get rid of bad scenes when I realize why they’re not working.

We still have more work to do on the script. As many people have noted, “Writing is rewriting.”

After several rounds of improvement, I look forward to having a table read, which should provide more feedback to make even more improvements.

So it goes!