Scripts are only one step
19th August 2016 | for Creatives | writing, filmmaking, TV writing, Jeff Lyons, screenwriting |
"The movie or TV show is the finished product; a screenplay is not. Scripts are only one step in a complex chain of events leading to the final show or film."
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