
Kill the Dog: The First Book on Screenwriting to Tell You the Truth

THE MISSION STATEMENT
Paul Guyot • Kill the Dog: The First Book on Screenwriting to Tell You the Truth
I just do it until I feel I’m ready to move into Phase 2.
Paul Guyot • Kill the Dog: The First Book on Screenwriting to Tell You the Truth
Yet, when he wrote BARBARIAN, he completely abandoned the kitty litter fodder and all the other professional instruction and simply wrote the story he wanted to write in his own Voice, his own way.
Paul Guyot • Kill the Dog: The First Book on Screenwriting to Tell You the Truth
Writing begets writing.
Paul Guyot • Kill the Dog: The First Book on Screenwriting to Tell You the Truth
living, breathing entities that change throughout my writing. I will drop certain songs and add new ones.
Paul Guyot • Kill the Dog: The First Book on Screenwriting to Tell You the Truth
To paraphrase Burton Rascoe, “What no spouse of a writer will ever understand is that when the writer is sitting in a chair staring out the window, they are actually working.”
Paul Guyot • Kill the Dog: The First Book on Screenwriting to Tell You the Truth
Speaking of the end, part of my process is I always know the end of my story.
Paul Guyot • Kill the Dog: The First Book on Screenwriting to Tell You the Truth
PHASE 1: Sketching
Paul Guyot • Kill the Dog: The First Book on Screenwriting to Tell You the Truth
I call this my “simmering or brewing” stage but I also like sketching, too.
depression to the point of suicidal thoughts.