Last week I sat on a scriptwriting panel at the Rhode Island International Film Festival. The focus was on the process of writing a screenplay and there was a lot of lively give and take among the panelists and with our audience. Many interesting and useful points were discussed and I think everyone in attendance left with ample food for thought.
However, as the two-hour session progressed and the discussion got ever deeper into the screenwriting process, one overriding thought began to nag at me.
