23 Problems Aspiring Screenwriters Face On A Frequent Basis

23. Realising You're Pretty Much Just Rewriting One Of Your Favourite Movies

"It's sort of like Memento, with the whole non-linear narrative thing and also the main character has a rare form of amnesia. I mean, it's its own thing, but I took a lot of inspiration from that movie." And by that you mean you took ALL THE INSPIRATION.

22. Stopping Every Script At The 10 Page Mark

"Phew! 10 pages already? I better let that sit for a while aaaaaaaaaaand that script will never get finished." At 10 pages, you're king. I mean, there's only, like, 90 pages to go now, right? That's 10% complete! Shame you just used up all the energy you had for that project and you're about to realise that all your excitement for the idea is about to vanish forever.

20. Struggling To Come Up With Memorable Character Names

"Name. Okay. Character name time. John... it's gotta be John something. John... Felton! No, that's... that's terrible. It's gotta be cool... something slick and... dangerous, yeah - he's a dangerous guy. How about Missile? John Missile! No, that... that doesn't work at all." Oh, Tarantino: why have you set the standard so high?

19. Wanting To Skip Writing The Descriptive Parts

"I'll write the descriptions later. Everybody knows dialogue is way more fun to get down, and if this isn't going to be fun, then what's the point?" And pigs might fly (and if you're writing a fantasy spec, that's a genuine possibility).