[…] “One of my big rules, if I had any rules for screenwriting, would be to let things sit there and stew. Because the two times that I’ve written films, just thought of them and written them, have been the two times I’ve just put them in a drawer and never done anything with them again. So, on the whole, if you take About Time, I thought about the idea in one shape or form at the same time that I was deciding to do the Pirate Radio movie, and I needed a bit more time and a bit more wisdom. …read more […]

Great post, Scott. HUGE fan of Richard Curtis. Love the analogy, and getting to learn ANYTHING from the king of rom-com! - E.C. Henry from Bonney Lake, WA

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Richard Curtis said he spent a year writing Four Weddings and a Funeral which is much more time than he usually had to write. The quality shows. Similarly, the writers for Skyfall said having a full year to work on the story is why it was so good.

[…] “A diferença entre ter uma boa ideia para um filme e o filme terminado é a mesma diferença que há entre ver uma miúda gira numa festa e estar ao lado dela quando dá à luz o teu terceiro filho. É uma longa viagem e (…) há muitas miúdas giras em festas, mas nem todas estarão ao teu lado por altura do terceiro filho.” – Richard Curtis […]