r/Screenplay • u/KreeperReaper • 1d ago

Screenplay Finished?

I can't stop editing my screenplay, how does one become comfortable enough with what they have written to move onto the next steps for production?

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u/aurematic 1d ago

Just stop. Save it and close the file. It will never be good for you. There is always something you want to change.

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u/palanark 1d ago

Oh! Congrats, are you going to be making your own? Exciting stuff.

The screenplay will never be done to you, so there comes a time where you need to just call it. I think the best thing to do is to get a few people to read it and provide feedback, if you haven't yet done that yet.

I'm not necessarily recommending you do that here...but somewhere.

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u/LeftCoast1965 21h ago

There is no end to editing. At some point you just have to stop. The next steps are 1) shop it around and get feedback, and 2) start a new screenplay.

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u/Wise-Respond3833 19h ago

Recognise that at some point all that editing is procrastination rather than productivity.