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Never ending rewrites...
I think we've all been here... And and for some of you, probably because of me ;). Endless Rewrites are the bane of the creative mind. I feel like this only comes up when we are doing something for someone else. When I'm doing my own, I generally have an idea of what I'm working towards, so it's easy-ish to achieve that goal. But what really cooks my biscuit is when the goal posts keep moving.
I think this is just the reality of working in television, there never is just one layer of decision making. We can please the producers, but those producers have to please their distributor, and that distributor has to please the broadcaster. For those of us on the ground, doing the real work, it feels like we're a slave to three masters. My trouble is just keeping up my desire to want to dive back in every single time a change needs to be made. Of course, this would become one of those "that's what the money's for" things... But sometimes I just don't care about that.
What are your guys' thoughts on this? Angus, I know you're embroiled in this nightmare right now with me. And Carolyn, I know you've seen the script notes from hell more than a couple of times from those American showrunners, anyone else? I'm also curious if someone who is working on a private project has felt like they were engaged in endless rewrites on their own idea? Was this from your own volition? An editor? Perhaps publisher? Let us know!
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Never ending rewrites...
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