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An Actual Lost Script Looks ‘Vulgar and Cheap’

by LiRa

The Daily Script has a collection of authentic scripts written for Lost. Apparently, it’s one that is common in the industry. The Defective Yeti describes it “as if the writer has just hit his thumb with a hammer” and gives this example from Season 1, Episode 9 - All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues

250px_Season4promo.jpg And as Jack slowly looks up — standing right in front of him — just FIVE FUCKING FEET AWAY — Is ETHAN.

ETHAN
Hello, Jack.

Holy. Fucking. Shit.

Jack looks at him, ragged breath, but EYES BURNING. And he asks the question that hopefully all of America has been asking for the past week –

JACK
Who are you?

And we’re LOOKING UP at Ethan. SOAKING WET but seemingly oblivious to the rain. And his EYES. His FUCKING EYES.

According to the same site, who has consulted with Alex Epstein, the author of Crafty TV Writing, the writers churn out scripts in this manner because, “Everybody does it ’cause their boss, JJ Abrams, does it. It gives an ‘energetic read’ Network execs like it. They don’t have to put too much energy into reading it.” But at the same time, he calls these screenplays vulgar and cheap, and definitely not something every writer should adopt to.

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