Outlines help you always know where you’re going.
We all know writing a screenplay is incredibly hard. While it gets easier as you go, every story is a new battle. When I sit down to write, I chase treatments, beat sheets, and outlines. A screenplay outline helps you organize your thoughts and the beats of the story, giving you some direction as you move forward.
But you don’t have to take my word for it.
Recently, writer Paul Schrader’s outline for The Mosquito Coast surfaced. It’s a one-page list of the scenes in order. Some are crossed out, I think meaning he was writing them and checking them off the list as he went.
Author: Jason Hellerman
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
