Steven Hale
1 min readOct 30, 2022

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I can write a script that comes from my heart (it's not particularly difficult). But the chances that the script will of its own accord appeal to someone else's heart are minimal. That's where craft comes in. Craft is the bridge between what I want (need) to say and what someone else wants (needs) to read / see. Unfortunately, some folks in the Advice Factory define craft as what will appeal to a hypothetical audience without taking into account the inner world (need) of the writer. ("If you want to write a successful screenplay, you have to jump through the following 22 hoops.")

Ironically, if a script lacks a personal vision from the writer, then no matter how many points it ticks off from some guru's checklist, it won't connect with a significant number of movie viewers.

That's the strength of your story-oriented approach: it takes into account the bubble of the writer and the bubble of the audience, and how they can be made to intersect.

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Steven Hale
Steven Hale

Written by Steven Hale

Music: Discovering the lost and forgotten. Politics: Exposing injustice. Screenwriting: Emotional storytelling.

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