the magic of draft zero

One of the many mistakes made by new writers and indeed some not-so-new writers, is showing their work to people too soon.

That initial urge to share your work ASAP is only natural. Until other people absorb your stuff into their brains, it exists in a vacuum. Might as well not exist. If a script sits on a hard-drive with no-one around to read it, does it make a difference? No. Only to you, at this point in time, unless you have an agent or editor badgering you to finish it, or at least waitin...