The best piece of screenwriting advice I ever read.

http://www.bluecatscreenplay.com/news/rewriting_your_screenplay.php

I wrote "Red Sun" before I joined SS.
After several months of exhaustive peer reviews, I revisited the script.
I learned so much here, that I started a new draft from scratch.
I split screened the previous draft at first, but stopped using it pretty quick.
Many supporting aspects leaped to life.
I felt better about my format skills, which gave me confidence with the story.

For the new feature, I wrote a raw first draft.
I printed it out and compressed 7% out of it without sacrificing a single scene.
Then that went off to coverage. Got notes.
I tweak on screen based on those notes, then print another hard copy.
I mark the crap out of the hard copy, then apply those changes.
All the while making more revisions while instituting the hard copy changes on screen.
I squeezed out another four pages during this phase, without losing a scene.
Then it's off to coverage again and get more notes.
Make more on screen changes based on those notes, then print another hard copy.
Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

E.D.