Jeffrey Lieber
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Also, going to put the showrunner rules here (they go where I go). Five a day, every day, in this one thread...until I get to the end.

We start with:

Showruner Rule #1 : All scripts are essentially math. Bad scripts are algebra. C GREAT scripts are string theory.
11:52 AM - Apr 03, 2023
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Showrunner Rule #2 : Black out character names on a script. If you can’t IMMEDIATELY identify your characters, go back and do a voice pass.

Showrunner Rule #3 : I’ll take a great person over a great writer. I can fix writing, but I can’t get back time an asshole wastes.
11:53 AM - Apr 03, 2023
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Showrunner Rule #4 : No matter how many times you tell yourself you'll “get that scene in an hour-and-a-half”… it’ll take 2. Trust me.

Showrunner Rule #5 : The SHOCKER on page 45 MUST be set up on pages 9 & 26. Cause any moron can write, “Only now do we realize she’s an alien!”
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11:53 AM - Apr 03, 2023
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In response to Jeffrey Lieber.
Showrunner Rule #6 : Writers waste early time coming up with GREAT dialogue. Dialogue’s for later. What’s paramount now: what HAPPENS next.

Showrunner Rule #7 : With the notable exception of the stealth dickwad a staff is only as good as you let them be. After all, you hired them.
04:35 AM - Apr 04, 2023
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In response to Jeffrey Lieber.
Showrunner Rule #8 (that I failed): If network DEMANDS you cast Tara Reid circa 1995 as “hot, young” lead, say NO… even if they then fire you.
04:36 AM - Apr 04, 2023
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