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Screenwriting 101: Garry Marshall

"There are three different drafts of a screenplay in the development process. The first screenplay is for the studio, when they say, 'Okay, we like this.' The second screenplay you write so the actors can read it, or so you can get an actor to do it.

Screenwriting 101: Garry Marshall

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"There are three different drafts of a screenplay in the development process.

The first screenplay is for the studio, when they say, 'Okay, we like this.' The second screenplay you write so the actors can read it, or so you can get an actor to do it.

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"There are three different drafts of a screenplay in the development process. The first screenplay is for the studio, when they say, 'Okay, we like this.' The second screenplay you write so the actors can read it, or so you can get an actor to do it.

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