Sorry for clickbaity title, but in my experience, if you want to earn your living as a screenwriter, you must become an expert in at least these five things.
These are great, Lauren. Agree all round. I especially appreciate now having the three responses to the request for changes. Always good to know how to phrase those responses diplomatically!
One of my big jumps forward was learning to just send the damn script without explaining, or apologising or justifying. Here it is. Send me your notes. Thanks.
I've also taken to telling people when I think they give great notes and why. The last time I did it the person looked genuinely shocked. But feedback goes both ways.
Thanks for reading, Fiona, and I'm glad you found it useful! I completely agree, the urge to preface a piece you're sending off is enormous. It's courageous of you to push through that!
I completely agree that giving feedback to the feedbacker is so important! Everyone loves to hear they are doing a good job :) I'm gonna expand on that in my upcoming post about taking notes, too. Stay tuned!
These are great, Lauren. Agree all round. I especially appreciate now having the three responses to the request for changes. Always good to know how to phrase those responses diplomatically!
One of my big jumps forward was learning to just send the damn script without explaining, or apologising or justifying. Here it is. Send me your notes. Thanks.
I've also taken to telling people when I think they give great notes and why. The last time I did it the person looked genuinely shocked. But feedback goes both ways.
Thanks for reading, Fiona, and I'm glad you found it useful! I completely agree, the urge to preface a piece you're sending off is enormous. It's courageous of you to push through that!
I completely agree that giving feedback to the feedbacker is so important! Everyone loves to hear they are doing a good job :) I'm gonna expand on that in my upcoming post about taking notes, too. Stay tuned!