“Used properly, first drafts are great metal detector-like instruments. They show you which areas require digging, whether what’s under the surface turns out to be silver or scrap metal.” – Billy Mernit
Billy Mernit teaching “Writing the Romantic Comedy” at UCLA’s writer’s program. He’s serves as a script consultant and story analyst for Universal Studios and is the author of the book Writing the Romantic Comedy.
That’s a very nice quote. I’ve noticed my draft showed me the areas that needed “mining” and which areas needed to be dumped. This man definitely knew what he was talking about!