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There’s some quote from a Paris Review interview with Toni Morrison, where she said, 'Struggling through the work is extremely important — more important to me than publishing it.' Good quote. Smart lady. I taught two screenwriting courses to undergraduate students in Fall ’24 and Spring ’25. It was just one day a week, two back-to-back three hour courses. I’d show them short films. We’d talk about their scripts. We’d read them aloud. They’d give notes to one another. By the end of the semester, they’d all have a short film script they’d written that (hopefully) they feel like they can film. It was cool seeing some students’ scripts really improve over the semester. A handful of students’ scripts didn’t improve and maybe they just added a comma or two and changed the protagonist’s name. And that’s cool, too. DAN PERLMAN: If You Have Any Interest is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. I’d have the student

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