Writing better scene descriptions
Screenwriter John August works through a scene to improve the scene description. You learn much more about screenwriting at johnaugust.com.
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Very nice.
I’ve never been to school to write scripts, but I write mine almost the same way. Thanks for the new term INTERCUT.