Screenwriter Dale Launer   

 

RULES OF DEVELOPMENT aka HOW TO TALK TO A SCREENWRITER

  • Rule One
    READ THE SCRIPT IMMEDIATELY .
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  • Rule Two
    YOU'VE FINISHED THE SCRIPT, NOW CALL THE WRITER IMMEDIATELY AND PRAISE THEM!
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  • Rule Three
    BEGIN YOUR PRAISE WITH A VAGUE COMPLIMENT, THEN FOLLOW IT UP WITH SOME SPECIFIC POSITIVE COMMENTS.
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  • Rule Four
    SET THE MEETING AND STICK TO IT
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  • Rule Five
    THE MEETING - START A VAGUE POSITIVE STATMENT
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  • Rule Six
    DO YOUR BEST TO TAKE A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARD THE SCRIPT
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  • Rule Seven
    GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE SCRIPT PAGE BY PAGE AND TELL THEM SPECIFICALLY ALL THE MOMENTS YOU LIKE!
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  • Rule Eight
    BEING NICE PAYS OFF - AKA THE BENEFITS OF BEING POSITIVE
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  • Rule Nine
    WHEN GIVING A SCRIPT CORRECTION BE AS SPECIFIC AS POSSIBLE
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  • Rule Ten
    DON'T PUSSYFOOT ABOUT WHAT YOU DON'T LIKE.
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  • Rule Eleven
    ASK QUESTIONS!
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  • Rule Tweleve
    CONVINCE THE WRITER THERE ACTUALLY IS A PROBLEM
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  • Rule Thirteen
    SOMETIMES YOU WILL BE WRONG.
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  • Rule Fourteen
    THE WRITER IS WRONG AND REFUSES TO SEE IT. WHAT DO I DO?
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  • Rule Fifteen
    DON'T OFFER SOLUTIONS. CONVINCE THE WRITER THERE'S A PROBLEM AND THEN LET THEM COME UP WITH A SOLUTION.

     

  • Rule Sixteen
    DON'T "SPITBALL" IDEAS. (SEE RULE FIFTEEN)
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  • Rule Seventeen
    THE WRITER SHOULD FEEL IT'S THEIR STORY...
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  • Rule Eighteen
    BE SPECIFIC ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND VAGUE ABOUT GIVING A SOLUTION
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  • Rule Nineteen
    WHAT IF YOU HAVE A GREAT SOLUTION?
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  • Rule Twenty
    THERE'S A PROBLEM AND YOU'VE DROPPED HINTS AND DESCRIBED YOUR GREAT IDEA VAGUELY, BUT THE WRITER CAN'T GRAB THE HINT?
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  • Rule Twenty One
    SUBMIT YOUR IDEA AS A CLICHE THAT SHOULD BE AUTOMATICALLY DISMISSED
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  • Rule Twenty Two
    DANGER! HACK WRITER AHEAD
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  • Rule Twenty Three
    PREFERABLY HAVE ONLY ONE PERSON IN A ROOM, ONE EXCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT EXEC FOR EVERY WRITER
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    18. BE SPECIFIC ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND VAGUE ABOUT GIVING A SOLUTION

    This sets the writer free to make the proper corrections. Once you start narrowing - they steer away from a good idea before they get to it.

    GO TO RULE NINTEEN

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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