Skip the Second Score: Snap Drywall Both Ways and the Back Paper Breaks Itself

The Problem

The standard drywall cut is score the face, snap it back, then reach around — or flip the sheet — to run the knife through the back paper before the piece comes free. That second cut is the awkward one: you're working blind behind the sheet or wrestling a half-snapped board around, and it's where the cut wanders.

The Technique

1. Mark your line and score the face paper once with a utility knife.
2. Snap the sheet back away from the score, folding it on the scored line as usual.
3. Now — instead of cutting the back paper — snap the sheet back the other way, toward you.
4. The back paper breaks along the fold line and the piece comes free. No second score, no reaching around the sheet.