Tavis Sarmento at 2010-08-12 08:17:40:
"Our allegiance is to our story and its specific needs."

Thanks for the great examples detailing how one can break "rules" to tell a story with greater clarity.
Désirée at 2010-08-12 23:07:19:
Great post. I've been struggling with these types of descriptions.

"She seems disconnected from what's happening" I think is not that far from what we see, since "she seems" is from a viewer's pov.
Theoker at 2010-08-13 02:17:39:
Hi Scott,

I am Ishan, an aspiring screenwriter from Mumbai, India.

I discovered GITS just recently and since then, I have been following it religously. I think it's the whole simplicity that you attach ( 40 day screenplay challenge) to the art of screenwriting that appeals to me.

As far the above post in concerned, you mention that the writer is allowed descriptions that cannot be portrayed on screen because this is a very important scene. My question is can a screenplay have such descriptions throughout its 120 pages?