Stephen Merchant: Write less

A BBC interview and a clip from a Clint Eastwood movie that Merchant feels embodies this advice.

Screenwriter and comedian Stephen Merchant:

There’s always a way of making it clearer to the audience what you want that scene to do…You can always simplify. You can always cut lines out. You can always be economical…Sometimes it’s about going back through your script and taking out the stuff that’s extraneous.

Up ahead: The full interview and a clip from a Clint Eastwood movie that Merchant feels embodies this advice.