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The version you cut is not gone
Something I keep coming back to. When a scene is not working, the usual advice is to cut it. For years I deleted those scenes and lost them completely. Now I keep the alternate sitting next to the main version instead of deleting it, so I can see both at once and feel which one actually serves the story. Half the time the cut version has one line or one beat the keeper needs, and I only notice because they are side by side. Curious how the writers here handle the versions you do not pick. Do you delete them, keep a graveyard file, or something else? This is actually the idea behind a free Mac app I built called Beat, where a beat can split into alternate versions side by side so you never lose the take you did not pick. It is at beatforfree.com if you want a look, free and no account.
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The version you cut is not gone
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