Monday 26 October 2009

Empty hands

I’ve received a number of comments about my claim that a scriptwriter has nothing tangible to offer his audience except the promise of an experience. One lady said:
I have to say I disagree that scripts make dull reading. I think it's the reverse - they provide the foundation for the imagination to be set free and can be interpreted in so many different ways. My ex OU and ex theatre studies group were all keen script readers and the tutors would have us read a script...

But whilst authors can excite their following with the promise of something to buy, I still maintain that scriptwriters have nothing that their fans can actually get their hands on and fondle, caress, make notes in or even use to prop up the table. The lady quoted above loves scripts, but not many people can be bothered with them, instead preferring to experience the finished production at the cinema or on the haunted fish tank.

So here I am blogging about not having anything to blog about! Suggestions will be appreciated.

2 comments:

  1. Hi Graham, I can understand the challenge about having something tangible beyond or aside from realizing the finished `picture'. Apart from writing about the process, influences, the industry, and so on, it is quite a different journey, in some ways, to other forms of writing. I'll let you know if I come up with any ideas. Hope all is progressing well.

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