When I optioned a novel and started my first narrative screenplay, my career as a documentarian served me well. But the craft of screenwriting presents new challenges, and is very hard to learn, despite decades making films. After working with a number of consultants and ‘experts,’ taking classes and reading books, working with Lizzy was ON A WHOLE DIFFERENT LEVEL. It was TRULY TRANSFORMATIVE. She is the most generous reader – always reading for what I am trying to do rather than what she expects to see. I’m finally starting to understand how to structure the movie, and am at last writing the movie I envision.