She wanted to know what I did for a living, so she could put it on some form. The word screenwriter filled her with dread. I didn t mind too much, as this must have meant that I looked younger than my age. Either that or I just looked poor and scruffy. I suppose the reason people are so unsure about scripts may be because they aren t something you d normally read.
Most people know about stage plays.
We realise the playwright writes the story, creating the characters, the dialogue, putting the scenes in a particular order so they work dramatically. Yet you d be amazed at how many people have asked me which parts of a script I write. I jest not. The scriptwriter creates everything. Each scene is set in a specific location.