Overhaul the first script I've ever written, or on to the next great idea?
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Definitely worth overhauling. The script is good, but amateur compared to what I can do now. I just want it to be better. I think I'm gonna jump back in on it, but at the same time I'm so excited about the new idea.
I don't know about you, but I'm movin' on.
Move on. For many screenwriters (99.9%) of our first scripts are not good. If it's a good story, is it better than your new one? If so, then I'd say go for it. If not, write the new idea.
if you want to move onto something else, move onto something else.
If you're anxious to move on to your new idea, I suggest you do that. If you go back to the first script, you'll just keep thinking of the new idea. And besides, when you get a new idea, it's hard to to just let it go. You gotta go grab it! If you want though, you can work on both of them. When you take a break from your new idea, you can work on the first script. When you take a break from that, go back to the new idea. Good luck!
You wrote that first story for a reason. If you still believe in it, then sit on it until it hatches rainbows. You'll get nothing out of anything if you don't finish what you started. Polish it up until you think it's good enough to show your peers. Then post it on a peer review site like Talentville.com. You'll get thoughtful ideas on where it needs tweaked even further. Let's face it, nobody likes to rewrite, but it has to be done. Don't abandon something that you had a passion to write until you know it MUST be abandoned.
And remember, it's a screenplay not a girlfriend.Moving on doesn't mean you have to abandon it. It will always be there... It may be haunting you or calling you but it will always be there. Okay, so it may be like a girlfriend... a crazy, demented girlfriend that won't let you go.