Cool First Draft Tip from the Writer of Weapons

Zach Cregger recommends to pretend you paid a really tiny, really dumb Elf, ten dollars to write your first draft for you.

Here’s the thing: the Elf is really dumb, so the script is going to be bad and make no sense and go all over the place, etc. in short it’s gonna be an incoherent mess.

But. BUT, it will be finished.

And then you give that Ef ten bucks and send him on his way and then you use your smart and superior brains to revise.

I’ve started using this method and it is working like a charm.

Anyway, just thought I’d share for those who struggle to get those first drafts done.