On May 5th, I faced the blank page. On May 18th, I completed the first draft of a screenplay, Love Wins, a dark comedy, based on true events. I read scripts, watched films. I listened to Paul Schrader who made so much sense to me. I followed David Lynch’s approach of blocking scenes out on 70 cue cards. I lived with those cue cards for two weeks before sitting down to write. I gave myself the discipline of 12-pages a day – often more, sometimes less – to completion.
After feeling stumped by the screenplay format for so long and unable to write a word, the process of writing this story was pure joy. More to do. Writing is rewriting.
~ Christiane Schull
