So I've been writing. A lot. I'm about seven pages into the script, but screenwriting isn't something that just flies from your mind and onto the page, at least not when you're this green. There are a lot of things to consider and be careful of that makes the process a bit slower than you might think. What I've personally found most challenging is having the characters act and sound like real people. You don't want the dialogue to be boring, but you also don't want each and every line to be a "witty" one-liner that no one would actually say, especially because it takes a lot of experience to be clever without sounding like you're trying too hard. Also, as I mentioned in a previous post, you generally have to keep the characters from spouting information that the audience can figure out by themselves. Using an example from the script I'm working on, if you want a character to be home sick, having him blowing his nose and looking pale is enough to convey that information. You cannot have him say to his roommate "oh, yeah, I've been sick for a week, which is why I've been off of work lately", because of course he would know that already. The audience is not stupid, and they are more than capable of figuring things out without things being shoved in their faces.
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