Quoted from CoopBazinga But then who will be left to read my stuff because it ain't GOOD! Steve

Yes, I fully understand and appreciate the purpose of the board, but at my current nascent stage of development,  the danger is reinforcing bad habits...Bad habits of which I got out the wahzoo.

That said, once further along the curve or perhaps when I've become an enormously successful Hollywood scriptwriter, I will try to remember my humble beginnings. Maybe?

John

Constructing a story is more difficult than fixing whatever bad habits one might have. It can take serious time to write and refine a good script, but you can correct whatever bad writing habits you might toss into a screenplay within a day because most "bad habits" are cosmetic.

Write it first. Fix it later. Don't fixate on what's wrong before you have a chance to write it.

John,

I recommend not only reading scripts on the boards, but also reading what people have to say in their reviews. It helps to see what mistakes are pointed out. That's not to say different people here don't have completely different ideas about what is a mistake and what is a stylistic choice, but you get the idea.

cinemachado,

After reading a historical period piece called The Cure. I was better able to enjoy the feed back posted.

And yes, the more you read feed back, the more you notice a lack of consensus about what are mistakes.

When I first started studying scriptwriting, I envisioned the format to be something dreadful and rigid like Kabuki theater.

But as George correctly points out, fixate on writing/telling a good story first. The format can be corrected later.

John