{"id":11738,"date":"2026-09-10T05:03:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T03:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brokenmount.com\/bm\/2026\/09\/10\/what-to-do-when-your-brain-keeps-handing-you-the-wrong-script\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T05:03:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T03:03:23","slug":"what-to-do-when-your-brain-keeps-handing-you-the-wrong-script","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brokenmount.com\/bm\/2026\/09\/10\/what-to-do-when-your-brain-keeps-handing-you-the-wrong-script\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Do When Your Brain Keeps Handing You the Wrong Script"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gavin Gaitan (who we’ve written about before<\/u><\/a>) is a Los Angeles writer\/producer\/director with three self-financed features to his name. His most recent, Down Town<\/em><\/u><\/a>, is a 24-hour absurdist crime comedy set in downtown Los Angeles. (It won Best in Fest at Sherman Oaks 2024<\/u><\/a> and is now streaming on Prime Video.)<\/p>\n

To be honest, Gaitan talks like someone who just finished a feature and is still bruised from it, which makes sense because it’s really hard. Before you get to set, the writing is hard, too, another thing he talks about here. There’s getting over roadblocks and trying to craft the strongest draft you can, even when notes don’t make sense. Also, learn why he needs four uninterrupted hours to write 21 minutes’ worth of material.<\/p>\n

His answers about feedback, writing routines, and the tangent-script that saved him from a stagnant week lead to advice more useful than the usual writing platitudes.<\/p>\n

Check out the conversation below.<\/p>\n