PODCAST – BIRDMAN: Writing A Screenplay Is Like Writing a Poem
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In writing a screenplay, every line matters in the same way that every line matters when you are writing a poem. Every single word can not only affect the experience of reading or watching a movie, but every single word can also affect your budget when it comes time to shoot your movie. So, as screenwriters we need to be as exacting with our words as a poet.
Screenwriting is also like poetry in that we are working within a form - an existing form. And we are finding our creativity inside of a form, or inside of a structure, just like a poet finds the form inside of a sonnet or a villanelle.
Screenwriting is like poetry because screenwriting is a field in which form equals function...
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