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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    20. THERE'S A PROBLEM AND YOU'VE DROPPED HINTS AND DESCRIBED YOUR GREAT IDEA VAGUELY, BUT THE WRITER CAN'T GRAB THE HINT?

    Let's say you've shown remarkable self-constraint up to this point and have yet to intrude into the writer's domain. Then yes, you can do it, but do it in a way that does not encumber the creative process or ruffle the writer's ego.

    Which is...if you've praised the writer adequately and they're in trouble, they should be grateful for the possibility that a solution will be handed to them. Besides that, it's just polite and treat the writer and the work with respect. So...go to 21.

    GO TO RULE TWENTY ONE

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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