tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23732661.post3937541952590249914..comments2023-09-09T14:28:57.480+01:00Comments on The Scriptwriter: RewritesDominic Carverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10148603580719526847noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23732661.post-42369261655397174902008-04-02T20:32:00.000+01:002008-04-02T20:32:00.000+01:00I DEFINE undignified and unseemly, there will be n...I DEFINE undignified and unseemly, there will be no screens here: you will see me in my seedy glory! Oh yes.Lucy Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15576008511353143019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23732661.post-37113538820542474212008-04-02T13:51:00.000+01:002008-04-02T13:51:00.000+01:00How undignified and unseemly, Lucy's having one of...How undignified and unseemly, Lucy's having one of her outbursts.<BR/>Nurse, the screens!<BR/>JJohn Soaneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10412988669030237101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23732661.post-16344315597976335422008-04-01T17:43:00.000+01:002008-04-01T17:43:00.000+01:00Am I that in need of cash I have to pimp yourself ...Am I that in need of cash I have to pimp yourself on your blog?<BR/><BR/>YES.<BR/><BR/>ALWAYS.<BR/><BR/>all writers who wonder about rewrites, send your script to me! MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!Lucy Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15576008511353143019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23732661.post-91566043087180895032008-03-29T13:00:00.000+00:002008-03-29T13:00:00.000+00:00Hi Dom!I'm rewriting at the mo'. Using your feedba...Hi Dom!<BR/><BR/>I'm rewriting at the mo'. <BR/>Using your feedback notes is helping on one of my rewrites.<BR/>As well as feedback, I find if you're engaging on a new project it helps fire up your creative energy for the rewrites. <BR/><BR/>Seems to work for me, anyway.Gareth Michael Turpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17061845170938657960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23732661.post-63416718091968003702008-03-29T07:33:00.000+00:002008-03-29T07:33:00.000+00:00I accept that rewrites need to happen, and for tha...I accept that rewrites need to happen, and for that reason I don't mind them.<BR/><BR/>On the flip side, I hate them for this one simple reason:<BR/><BR/>"IT'S FINSIHED!!!! WOOOOHOOOO!" then soon after "Awww crap! it isn't finished!".<BR/><BR/>:)Chris Parr (ukscriptwriter)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17375894934071222519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23732661.post-62345029692420234282008-03-28T15:33:00.000+00:002008-03-28T15:33:00.000+00:00Hmm, hardcore stuff. Never thought of it like that...Hmm, hardcore stuff. Never thought of it like that, but it does make sense.<BR/><BR/>Are that in need of cash you have to pimp yourself on my blog? ;-)Dominic Carverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10148603580719526847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23732661.post-64419711528070188012008-03-27T19:15:00.000+00:002008-03-27T19:15:00.000+00:00You know full well no one does any work at the BBC...You know full well no one does any work at the BBC, that's why we pay a licence fee to pay the fairies to do it instead ; )<BR/><BR/>I'm with Piers: if you don't know it's done, it's definitely not done. However, there are ways of diagnosing this:<BR/><BR/>1) Send it to a reader who can tell you whether it's done or whether needs more to it<BR/><BR/>or <BR/><BR/>2) Collate the feedback you've got on it and decide whether it's HARDCORE stuff that needs doing (structure, character motivation, dialogue, whatnot) or whether it's people's PREFERENCES - ie. you'll always get someone saying they'd prefer it if this happened or didn't happen or whatever. If it's more preference than hardcore stuff (pref no hardcore stuff), then it's done.<BR/><BR/>or <BR/><BR/>3) Do both.Lucy Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15576008511353143019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23732661.post-64552471271128921252008-03-27T16:36:00.000+00:002008-03-27T16:36:00.000+00:00But I have no stop button, I'm too much of a perfe...But I have no stop button, I'm too much of a perfectionist. I have to force myself to stop rewriting after a certain number of redrafts or I would be there for ever.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, don't you do any work at the BBC, or do you just read people's blogs all day? ;-)Dominic Carverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10148603580719526847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23732661.post-8188588319277274292008-03-27T16:17:00.000+00:002008-03-27T16:17:00.000+00:00If you don't know when you're done, you're not don...If you don't know when you're done, you're not done.<BR/><BR/>(This should not be taken as an endorsement of continuing to rewrite the same project for the rest of your life though. By done, I mean "As good as you can make it with the skills you have right now.")Piershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04682054203119052550noreply@blogger.com