All the reasons why the Screenplay you wrote works better as a Novel

Writing epiphanies on a rainy Thursday morning:

What if you were never meant to be a screenwriter?

I hate you. Unfollowed. You’re a prick and a hack, Spyder!

Hold on. Stay with me for a moment. You are meant to be a writer, obviously! That’s a fact. But what if the “screenplay” was the wrong medium for you?

I made a startling observation recently. I noticed that the bulk of scripts I get sent from writers actually work much better as novels, than as movies.

And no, it’s not because the writer sucks or can’t execute a flowing screenplay.

They’re plenty fine at the screenplay format.

It’s the overall idea that makes me question the medium at hand. The premise. They’re “perspective-oriented”. You read the logline and think… hm… how do you produce this movie and make it fun to watch? It’s ultimately a character-piece with not a lot going on in the external world.

A captivating INTERNAL-ELEMENT to a script will not track. A producer can not see it. A filmmaker can’t do anything with it. An actor can’t bring it to life.