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the art of writing scripts — visible

six aspects of scripting

notes pinned to the workspace

loops

repeat the gesture until the page is full. each pass refines the line.

for step in journey:

branches

a fork in the path, an honest decision drawn in ink. the road taken is the road known.

if curious: explore()

variables

small containers for big intentions. labelled jars on a shelf, ready to be poured.

name = "the thing"

functions

a black box that returns a kindness. give it raw, get back arranged.

def make(thing):

errors

red marks in the margin. the script speaking back, asking to be heard.

TypeError: line 42

revisions

cross out, rewrite, cross out again. the script grows by what is removed.

v1 → v2 → v3

the flow of a script

a hand-drawn flowchart of the creative process

01 imagine
02 sketch
03 write
04 run
05 break
06 revise

the loop never closes — revise always returns to imagine.