https://www.thestorydepartment.com/screenwriting-scrivener-the-sexy-vs-the-practical/ Story. Screenplay. Sale. Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:59:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.thestorydepartment.com/screenwriting-scrivener-the-sexy-vs-the-practical/#comment-1058 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:59:56 +0000 https://thestorydepartment.com/?p=18557#comment-1058 Hi David, glad you liked the review! I like Scrivener for the fact that it gives you the index cards and other options, allowing you to apply your own process of writing. Christopher Nolan is a talented man and I’ve heard other writers saying the same about their process. I’ve tried writing without structure, and without cards – just an idea and a character and I came out with a mess (was fun and cathartic though!) – trying to figure out what I was writing took me years. I enjoyed doing that but, for me, I couldn’t do that again. It’s too painful! I think and procastinate over my index cards (for a long time) and then hit the drafts. That’s my process, every writer has a different process and what works for some people maybe doesn’t work for others. I think you have to figure it out for yourself. I like the idea of starting with a mood/tone. That’s cool.

]]> https://www.thestorydepartment.com/screenwriting-scrivener-the-sexy-vs-the-practical/#comment-1057 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 01:35:01 +0000 https://thestorydepartment.com/?p=18557#comment-1057 Great review! Funnily enough I was reading an interview with Christopher Nolan and he makes a point of not using index cards or doing any plotting whatsoever. He just starts writing and after he has a monolithic tome, he focuses on figuring out what on earth he was trying to write. Then figures out the characters, mood and starts to refine everything. Of course this takes him months and many, many drafts. It is interesting the different techniques writers use. I always start with mood which feeds the setting and theme, then plot/characters simultaneously. Well I try :)

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