You need a human story to intersect those points of interest with real stakes on the line, and then things start to be fun, where you can see the ramifications, you see the impact on people's lives of big changes - like taking a man of science, like a surgeon, and robbing him of his understanding of the universe and forcing him into a newer and wider understanding.
Jon SpaihtsWhen a new writer comes onto a project, he'll make wholesale changes just to mark the territory or for greater credit.
Jon SpaihtsA lot of screenwriters have a drawer of unsold scripts that they cut their teeth on. I don't have one. Everything I've written, after my first spec, I wrote on assignment. Everything I've written was work.
Jon SpaihtsDirecting offers you the hope that your vision will reach the screen, unmolested and intact. Therefore, it's tantalizing to all writers.
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