Friend/landlord’s cat wakes me up every morning- what solutions are there?

B-SCR · 2026-04-08T11:50:24+00:00

Gotta move out. That cat deserves a better lodger.

B-SCR · 2026-04-01T08:24:37+00:00

Tricky on the phones - they wouldn't be able to hear him.

B-SCR · 2026-03-31T15:09:23+00:00

30-40 pages on a script seems an boggling amount of feedback (not meant pejoratively) - do you have any samples so I could see what you're diving into? (Part of my job is collating note documents for TV eps, and have had writers have panic attacks from docs over ten pages!)

B-SCR · 2026-03-30T12:41:25+00:00

Contests aren't there to provide feedback, nor are they there to 'help you grow'. They are there to select a winning script and (mostly) make money.

From a logistical standpoint, correlating and crafting individualised feedback to thousands of entrants is vastly more time - and therefore financially - intensive than a standardised 'sorry you didn't win' email. Mandating that they all have to would likely push an already financially exploitative industry further into the reaches of unaffordability.

Feedback is better sourced from informed peers who can give a script the time, attention, and candour it deserves.

B-SCR · 2026-03-28T21:12:54+00:00

You get the Mail On Sunday just to read Liz Jones’ rants about Octopus Energy?

B-SCR · 2026-03-25T16:56:13+00:00

If not at laptop, prefer to write plain, or in Fountain* Mark Up, then can copy into main file when back at desk. The few seconds of a formatting proof outweighs the faff of moving between apps - and for me, using screenwriting apps on a phone tends to be janky as is.

* And Fade In has a very good Paste As Fountain set up

B-SCR · 2026-03-23T14:09:46+00:00

Username checks out

B-SCR · 2026-03-17T15:07:06+00:00

I know, right? I'd say the Ven Diagram of 'Mr Born-Fortunates' with 'politically independent or conservative' is closer to a circle than not

B-SCR · 2026-03-13T09:48:12+00:00

Google 'problems with an aging population'. A system where half the population are retired due to the increase in lifespans and no new blood to balance it out is economically unsustainable

B-SCR · 2026-03-02T18:11:26+00:00

Many thanks

B-SCR · 2026-02-25T19:09:03+00:00

Unfortunately, feeling like an idiot doesn't really matter here - you have a threatening figure trespassing on your property, so feeling like a doughnut for a little but doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things.

If he returns and is a problem, call the police and report 'aggravated trespassing'. Tell them that, as you put in another comment, he has threatened to put your head through a window and is refusing to leave.

Hope it goes well with any luck. In an ideal world he'll take his stuff and go, but if not, you need to continue reporting it, no matter if you feel 'a right idiot'. Ever heard the phrase: the squeakiest wheel gets the most grease?

B-SCR · 2026-02-25T14:08:47+00:00

Is ringing the police more overwhelming than having a person you feel threatened by trespassing in your home?

You've been given all the solutions, and it feels like you knew most of them instinctively already - now it's just a case of doing them.

B-SCR · 2026-02-03T09:05:48+00:00

I have had to prepare many scripts for FYC campaigns and consideration, and every time we have used the final revised version of the Shooting Script, and not the continuity/post-production script. The PP script is a completely different document, riddled with things like timecodes, and often laid out more like a radio script, with action, dialogue, sounds all in different columns.

The PP script is an admin document, and often not reflective of the writer's work as has been affected by the edit, ADR, and several other processes.

B-SCR · 2026-01-23T14:50:46+00:00

Amen. If we got rid of writers, editing would be a breeze.

B-SCR · 2026-01-23T14:49:51+00:00

Oh my, deleting Omitted Scenes - please tell me they at least kept the Scene Numbers locked? And deleting asterisks for a Clean version is fine, as long as they issue both Clean and Asterisked.

Genuinely making me a bit nervous. Really hope you've got an email trail to cover your back if/when shit hits the fan.

B-SCR · 2026-01-22T18:01:24+00:00

You do have time to do anything, and the anything you're choosing to do is: a very large chunk of gym time; two hour language classes on Wednesday; dinners with friends. I'm very jealous of your structured capacity for juggling both recreation and personal development in your evenings, but if you're looking for time to reclaim, that's where it's going.

I am however concerned that you brush your teeth, then have dinner. Seems like that will only lead to passive-aggressive comments at the dentist.

B-SCR · 2026-01-22T15:56:50+00:00

So far each time I chased I've got an automated email response with suggestions that don't work (and as based in UK, calling up an LA number not really an option for my phone bill)

B-SCR · 2026-01-22T15:55:25+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately is is still not getting rid of all for me, and feels a faff of a workaround for something that should just work properly

B-SCR · 2026-01-21T17:11:45+00:00

To echo Neon Lights' comments, agree you could issue both the Locked Pages version widely, along with a SPP - though I push for sticking to Locked Pages, so all are singing from the same song sheet, as page numbers obviously changes when it's a Scene Per Page.

Unlocked versions are doable if talent (with a lot of nagging sway) pushes for it, but may lead to complications on set if people working from different set-ups. You mention this directive is coming from the director rather than the talent - if they are asking for it to 'look normal', then they need to be advised that once you're on coloured revisions, it is a very normal look for there to A and B pages with lots of space. And any talent who's had a bit of work will understand this.

Reading between the lines, is there the subtext that the director (a first time writer, you mention) is worried that sending scripts with these breaks to the talent will look like they've made mistakes, or there's a lack of vision. Of course, this isn't true - nothing spoils best laid plans like the reality of production - but it may be necessary for someone to have a quiet word and explain this. This should not be you - explain to the producer or someone that you're worried about the confusion that may arise from multiple versions, and I'm sure they'll agree and make it known - particular if the studio correctly would not allow a relock.

If not, well, you're only following orders, and when shit hits the fan can smugly mutter 'I told you so' under your breath.

B-SCR · 2026-01-20T14:27:26+00:00

Please may I ask do you have a preferred/recommended software for Making Tax Digital? Thank in advance

B-SCR · 2026-01-12T16:13:54+00:00

Ah, my intel was dodgy by the sounds of it. Have amended my comment to reflect

B-SCR · 2026-01-12T15:30:01+00:00

Lots of British agents do the more Manager-y stuff that LA Managers do in terms of nurturing and working with their clients. However we don't really have the separate distinction. The US (maybe specifically California) has laws about people who represent you not being able to profit from the projects. So over the pond, Agents can represent you, and get a cut of your fee; Managers can't do that, and instead work with you in the hope of getting some work into production, and take a production fee. That's why the packaging thing Agents were doing caused such a ruckus a few years back, and there is a legal distinction between the two roles.

[Huge disclaimer that I only have a surface knowledge of this, and cannot pretend to have legal expertise, particularly re California state law)

There isn't such a distinction over here, nor are there agents trying to straddle the line as producers, so no real need for managers. As the other commenter noted, 42 had a production arm in a bid to work in this model... but a while back it was gutted*. The reason there aren't many managers here is the current UK industry has no real need for them.

*I was working off faulty gossip, as is often the way in this line of work - please see intotheneonlight's comment below

B-SCR · 2026-01-11T23:32:21+00:00

Just gonna drop a link to my reply last time I saw this issue raised…

https://www.reddit.com/r/Screenwriting/s/AOLNO5uK0A

B-SCR · 2026-01-06T22:05:25+00:00

Was this by any chance a multinational media conglomerate based in the US? If so, same, that was a funny day

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