Confessions of a Genius Script Reader

A script reader shares his pet peeves, from Film Threat magazine (via John August.com) A lot of this advice will sound familiar to a regular HSSW member.

My favorite:

2. Swearing

Sometimes a script isn’t so much a screenplay, per se, as an excuse for the writer to use swear-words in really clever ways, i.e., “Halleh-fuckin-luyah!” Many writers specialize in crafting unique combinations of swears and/or inventing new ones like fucknuts, a recently discovered gem. Modern cuss artists are way too concerned with swearing and overestimate its importance as a communication tool. …. at a certain point, repeating the f-word isn’t writing, just swearing. After all, how many times can one say fucknuts before it loses all meaning? Either you tell it like it is, or you wax scatological to no purpose.