Thanks for this great post Frank.
[Herb Sevush] ""Deciding the spine is the process of editing.""
Absolutely; the rest is finishing.
In fact when you work with an script the editing is half done.
For me editing is not different than writing.
If you write reports for other people (often about stuff that you don't understand or you don't care about), you need a method, If you are writing a story you need absolute freedom.
I shoot my stuff and when I go to edit I need little organization.
What I need is to start to lie in a sequence the ideas are boiling in my head.
I start to finish things only when all the storyline is ensembled or when I get stuck and I need a break.
[Tom Wolsky] "Other editors hate the chaos."
What people may perceive as chaos, may be the more refined form of organization: Your own one.
You don't need others to like it or understand it.
Leaving your car keys always in the same place or leaving them wherever they fall is ok as long you know where they are.
But if you have to share the car, you better leave them on the same place :-)
rafael
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