The subtitle of this excellent article on the power – and lack thereof – of screenwriters is “3 things you need to know about the screenwriter’s relationship to the filmmaking process,” and believe us when we say the word “need” is right on the money.
by Lauren McGrail with the Lights Film School Team
“A reader experiences a novelist’s work directly. An audience experiences a screenwriter’s work through someone else’s lens.”
Throughout my years as a script reader and while working as Lights Film School’s screenwriting instructor, I’ve spoken with many screenwriters and students who share the same apprehension about the filmmaking process: