No, I don't write especially fast. I think my record for new, 1st draft pages is like 20.

So why am I a slow writer? Blame that on past coverages I've gotten. When someone in the industy points out your mistakes it makes you a little gunshy. Leery about making mistakes I go over-and-over my material untill I'm blue in the face. Still, doesn't gaurantee perfection, but the kid from Bonney Lake sure does try...

The fastest I've ever been able to kick-out a script (concept-completed draft) that I THINK is ready to show to people in the industry is about 5 1/2 weeks; which I just did with a script that I completed last Saturday night.

But back to William Goldman. Dude knows his shit. AND he's had a career that's lasted DECADES. He deserves lots of street cred. for that. I loved hearing him get interviewed at the Screenwriting Expo a few years ago, though for someone as accomplished as he is, I was supriced how nervous he appeared during the interview.

Still, I am a HUGE fan of William Goldman. His advice to "enter a scene as late as possible" is some of the best advice I ever got.

- E.C. Henry from Bonney Lake, WA

First book on screenwriting I've read, too ... awesome book.

I can write fast, and tend too ... I've written whole drafts in a week, and then spent the next few months rewriting them.

And I can take my time, too. It really depends on if I have my ending or not ... sometimes I do, sometimes I don't ... and if it's a spec, I don't think there's anything wrong with stepping back to figure it out.

But generally, when I commit to a full draft, I try to write it as fast as I can. Which irritates me because I want to go back and fix things, but I keep telling myself to get it all out, first, which can take a week or a few months.

The greatest piece of advice I read was in an interview with Alex Garland (SUNSHINE, 28 DAYS LATER)who said that Danny Boyle won't read a script, he'll ask you to read it to him in person. He said to imagine reading your script to Danny Boyle, out loud, where every bad description and awkward piece of dialogue will feel excruciatingly painful: "You have nowhere to hide". I got goosebumps when I read that.

Fastest I've written a script? Seven days. Was it any good? It was torn apart by a workshop, and I've diddled with it through the years, but now that I'm older and wiser, the white hot draft was better than the subsequent revisions. I should have left it alone.

Another great screenwriting book full of solid insight is the more recently published YOUR SCREENPLAY SUCKS by William Akers.

Great book. Check it out.