Saturday, April 10, 2010

Take Cover

Cover pages. The scripts I see aren't supposed to have personal info on them.

This is not hard. We don't ask you to create a new cover page without personal info (though that would take you all of half a minute). If that's too much bother send in a script without a cover.

This isn't a favor to me - it makes me no nevermind. It's a favor to you. It's so you know how to keep me from doubting you before we even get to 'Fade In.'

Not all my notes will be this simple, but the simple ones are also not negotiable. I've rec'd scripts with this mistake, but they've had to fight harder to win me back.

Make it easy for yourself. Fix the cover.

Monday, April 5, 2010

We See....

We see....

No two words have driven more readers to Theraflu abuse.

"We see..." tells me to take you less seriously. It's unprofessional, redundant, and may be a tautology - but I haven't looked up that word in a while, so maybe not. The reason is b/c we already see everything you write. If you write

Behind her back she holds a CAPTAIN'S GUN.

we'll see it. Writing 'We see a CAPTAIN'S GUN' only tells us you skipped a page of the screenwriting book/played Bejewled on your phone that day in class.

This is a quick search & destroy fix. You're welcome.