Screenwriting Demands 12 Hours A Day Minimum by Rafal Zielinski & Gina Wendkos Video Lecture | Screenwriting: From Beginner to a Pro - Career Development

you mentioned 12 hours is that something
you also spend Gena like what what have
you for the 1824 I mean there are days
when it's 24 you know if I'm on a
deadline when I'm writing you know let's
see let me just do the math or not you
know 12 13 hours is pretty common when
deep in a script or when I'm researching
you know because I put a lot of research
in to things because I get attracted to
a topic I know nothing about they're
usually all girls like I did Kabul
beauty school it didn't have a great
fate because you know no one's gonna
make that movie but I I was really late
and handing it in because I'm not that
educated I knew nothing about
Afghanistan and but I was it's all I
thought about at day and night was like
burka chicks you know and you know
normally you're given three months to
finish a script you know three maybe
four you know not that anybody's ever
gotten mad over four or five I mean you
know that depends on how badly they need
it but I was like oh gosh a year and a
half you know two and it in the first
draft because it was you know it's a
different world so yeah I spend a lot of
time you know now I'm not writing right
now so when I'm reading and watching
movies and things might tell you
you