Thursday, April 02, 2009

Q. I received a request from a woman, asking me to read her script and let her know what I think via notes. Should I ask for some sort of credit on the script?

If you're consulting extensively on a script for a person with whom you have a purely professional relationship, it's okay to ask for a credit in the end credits. When I'm hired by a production company, or if critique a script through my service, I'll ask for a Story Consultant credit. There are hundreds of names in the end credits, so it doesn't "cost" the writer anything. But when I'm critiquing a friend's script, or doing a favor, then I don't ask for any sort of credit.

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8:38 AM

3 Comments:

Wait till you've read it.

By  blogward, at 11:01 AM  

Wow. I either don't read it because I don't know you, or I read it as a favor to another writer. I would never ask a condition on giving someone notes.

By  Emily Blake, at 4:00 PM  

...before you give notes, I mean. You might not get past page one.

By  blogward, at 11:07 AM  

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