Sorry if this idea has been discussed already, couldn't find it.
When you make a movie, you have a script, a cast, a crew, locations, all the ingredients. Until you start shooting, though, you don't have a movie.
With writing, until you start putting words on paper, you don't have a story. You may have a plot, some characters, and a setting, but they don't mean anything by themselves.
Here's my point. When you write a scene, consider it the first take. A director doesn't necessarily have the luxury of reassembling all his ingredients to shoot it over, so he'll do the same scene several times or until he gets something he likes.
On the other hand, you as writer can come back to any scene at any time. You can change a line, a facial expression, the color of the drapes, the mood, the whole point of the scene. All you have to do is change a few words. You're the ultimate director. If you don't like something, change it, or change it back, or do something completely different.
Time and time again writers tell me they've painted themselves into a corner. I say, you created the house, take away the paint, take away the corner, take away the room, take away the house if you must. When you can't come up with an answer, change the question.
When you make a movie, you have a script, a cast, a crew, locations, all the ingredients. Until you start shooting, though, you don't have a movie.
With writing, until you start putting words on paper, you don't have a story. You may have a plot, some characters, and a setting, but they don't mean anything by themselves.
Here's my point. When you write a scene, consider it the first take. A director doesn't necessarily have the luxury of reassembling all his ingredients to shoot it over, so he'll do the same scene several times or until he gets something he likes.
On the other hand, you as writer can come back to any scene at any time. You can change a line, a facial expression, the color of the drapes, the mood, the whole point of the scene. All you have to do is change a few words. You're the ultimate director. If you don't like something, change it, or change it back, or do something completely different.
Time and time again writers tell me they've painted themselves into a corner. I say, you created the house, take away the paint, take away the corner, take away the room, take away the house if you must. When you can't come up with an answer, change the question.