Words

The words of Dale Launer offer powerful insight into the business of writing in Hollywood. Here he has included a text version of his NAB Keynote speech as well as popular essays and his response to the Directors Guild of America president.

Essays

  • Creative Hints and Cheats for Writers
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  • The Simple Cure to Writer's Block
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    NAB Keynote Speech

    Response to Jack Shea

    Rules of Development aka How to talk to a screenwriter

  • Rule One
    READ THE SCRIPT IMMEDIATELY .

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  • Rule Two
    YOU'VE FINISHED THE SCRIPT, NOW CALL THE WRITER IMMEDIATELY AND PRAISE THEM!

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  • Rule Three
    BEGIN YOUR PRAISE WITH A VAGUE COMPLIMENT, THEN FOLLOW IT UP WITH SOME SPECIFIC POSITIVE COMMENTS.

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  • Rule Four
    SET THE MEETING AND STICK TO IT

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  • Rule Five
    THE MEETING - START A VAGUE POSITIVE STATMENT

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  • Rule Six
    DO YOUR BEST TO TAKE A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARD THE SCRIPT

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  • Rule Seven
    GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE SCRIPT PAGE BY PAGE AND TELL THEM SPECIFICALLY ALL THE MOMENTS YOU LIKE!

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  • Rule Eight
    BEING NICE PAYS OFF - AKA THE BENEFITS OF BEING POSITIVE

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  • Rule Nine
    WHEN GIVING A SCRIPT CORRECTION BE AS SPECIFIC AS POSSIBLE

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  • Rule Ten
    DON'T PUSSYFOOT ABOUT WHAT YOU DON'T LIKE.

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  • Rule Eleven
    ASK QUESTIONS!

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  • Rule Tweleve
    CONVINCE THE WRITER THERE ACTUALLY IS A PROBLEM

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  • Rule Thirteen
    SOMETIMES YOU WILL BE WRONG.

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  • Rule Fourteen
    THE WRITER IS WRONG AND REFUSES TO SEE IT. WHAT DO I DO?

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  • Rule Fifteen
    DON'T OFFER SOLUTIONS. CONVINCE THE WRITER THERE'S A PROBLEM AND THEN LET THEM COME UP WITH A SOLUTION.

     

  • Rule Sixteen
    DON'T "SPITBALL" IDEAS. (SEE RULE FIFTEEN)

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  • Rule Seventeen
    THE WRITER SHOULD FEEL IT'S THEIR STORY...

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  • Rule Eighteen
    BE SPECIFIC ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND VAGUE ABOUT GIVING A SOLUTION

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  • Rule Nineteen
    WHAT IF YOU HAVE A GREAT SOLUTION?

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  • Rule Twenty
    THERE'S A PROBLEM AND YOU'VE DROPPED HINTS AND DESCRIBED YOUR GREAT IDEA VAGUELY, BUT THE WRITER CAN'T GRAB THE HINT?

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  • Rule Twenty One
    SUBMIT YOUR IDEA AS A CLICHE THAT SHOULD BE AUTOMATICALLY DISMISSED

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  • Rule Twenty Two
    DANGER! HACK WRITER AHEAD

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  • Rule Twenty Three
    PREFERABLY HAVE ONLY ONE PERSON IN A ROOM, ONE EXCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT EXEC FOR EVERY WRITER

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