A couple of folks in my screenwriting class have mentioned they'd like to read my script. You know, the one I wrote for Script Frenzy a year and a half or so ago? *points to icon
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From a literary point of view, I have every confidence. Your narrative style (very) occasionally wobbles a bit in early drafts of novella- or novel-length stuff. But they're exactly the kind of wobbles that are smoothed over when translated to screenwriting. Which is far more about plot and dialogue, anyway.
Let them read it. Don't make any comments, any remarks, don't tell them anything they don't ask about. I'm not saying you should lie or be evasive, just act casual.
As a teacher, you're already aware that feedback is part of what helps us get better at whatever it is we're trying to do.
No to the re-reading yourself because you will find a million things you will want to fix/change and the next thing you know you will be re-writing the whole thing. Don't give yourself the extra stress!
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And, by the way, you don't write shite. I don't care if it's a screenplay.
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Well, that's a good point.
And, by the way, you don't write shite. I don't care if it's a screenplay.
Aw, thanks. :) But you should read it before you say that....
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As a teacher, you're already aware that feedback is part of what helps us get better at whatever it is we're trying to do.
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If it will make you fret, or make you not give the script to your classmates to read, then don't re-read it.
If re-reading will calm your nerves and allow you to have peace when you give it to them, then do re-read it.
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