Comments on: a lovely afternoon http://dayya.wordpress.com/2008/01/13/a-lovely-afternoon/ pen, paper, ink, and the imagination Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:50:55 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: wynn http://dayya.wordpress.com/2008/01/13/a-lovely-afternoon/#comment-5024 wynn Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:35:23 +0000 http://dayya.wordpress.com/2008/01/13/a-lovely-afternoon/#comment-5024 And I forgot to say that I saw Atonement tonight and I've been watching Season One of The Romans which is fantastic. What inspiration it invokes! And I forgot to say that I saw Atonement tonight and I’ve been watching Season One of The Romans which is fantastic. What inspiration it invokes!

]]> By: dayya http://dayya.wordpress.com/2008/01/13/a-lovely-afternoon/#comment-4988 dayya Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:12:46 +0000 http://dayya.wordpress.com/2008/01/13/a-lovely-afternoon/#comment-4988 Hi, Devon...I imagine it depends on whose in charge; these two writers were lucky, I guess. That line about executives hiring people they're sleeping with...lol! And all too true, unfortunately. d:) Hi, Devon…I imagine it depends on whose in charge; these two writers were lucky, I guess. That line about executives hiring people they’re sleeping with…lol! And all too true, unfortunately. d:)

]]> By: devonellington http://dayya.wordpress.com/2008/01/13/a-lovely-afternoon/#comment-4984 devonellington Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:12:33 +0000 http://dayya.wordpress.com/2008/01/13/a-lovely-afternoon/#comment-4984 Actually, there's a lot of rewriting in television, and the new pages come in every morning in a different color. The day's color is listed on the callsheet. The difference is that the writer and the show runner tend to do the rewrites, unlike in film, where executives keep hiring people they're sleeping with to do them. Or some middle management moron rewrites, or a director who can't write rewrites because they want to feel like they're writers. Actually, there’s a lot of rewriting in television, and the new pages come in every morning in a different color. The day’s color is listed on the callsheet.

The difference is that the writer and the show runner tend to do the rewrites, unlike in film, where executives keep hiring people they’re sleeping with to do them. Or some middle management moron rewrites, or a director who can’t write rewrites because they want to feel like they’re writers.

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