"Script to Screen: One simple way to make a screenplay stronger and easier to film is to cut out all..."

“Script to Screen: One simple way to make a screenplay stronger and easier to film is to cut out all dialogue that tells something through words that’s already or will be told through images. Search your dialogue for every example. Does the story stand without that bit? Dump it, or at the very least make it part of something more interest and dynamic. Trust your director to understand the visuals.”

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writing advice from this old bitch. (via thisoldbitch)

This is something that can be said about fiction too. I HATE long conference scenes where they talk about what they are going to do, and then they do it. Sometimes you need a “meeting” scene, but it should divulge new information, or show something important.