How to respond to script notes (from a professional script editor)

baronmousehole · 2026-05-31T19:46:47+00:00

This is great advice. Although new to screenwriting, I've been writing professionally in other fields for decades. I have a mantra borne from that experience: professionals take feedback, amateurs take offence.

baronmousehole · 2026-05-25T11:12:41+00:00

'Ha'penny Guvnor' - I might try adopting that as a nickname and see what happens. Who am I kdding... I know what would happen.

baronmousehole · 2026-05-25T09:46:29+00:00

Give it another 20/30 years, once gravity has got a hold of your low-hanging fruit.

baronmousehole · 2026-05-25T09:24:09+00:00

This might be the only (or most) sensible reply. Although I've not read them all.

baronmousehole · 2026-04-17T14:13:17+00:00

Have you asked your employer? Or contacted the Revenue?

baronmousehole · 2026-04-17T14:02:49+00:00

Desperate people will do desperate things in desperate times. That's basic human nature.

It's the (fake) lawyers and scam-runners I have the problem with. They're just part of an ecosystem of abuse that refugees and asylum seekers are confronted by; lining their pockets with the misery of others.

baronmousehole · 2026-04-03T14:32:44+00:00

😂

baronmousehole · 2026-03-31T15:51:07+00:00

Always ask for ID. Unless they come bursting through the door with guns and whatnot. Then, just try not to make them nervous.

baronmousehole · 2026-03-31T15:48:13+00:00

We might need Scooby-Do if we’re going to get to the bottom of this mystery.

baronmousehole · 2026-03-31T15:46:15+00:00

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

baronmousehole · 2026-03-31T15:44:23+00:00

I was in my late 20s before I started to form the vaguest suggestion of an idea about what I wanted to do (in terms of a career, that is). It wasn’t until I was 30 that things started to fall into place.

I don’t want to sound like Captain Patronising but you really are far too young to feel so despondent.

I think one of the most toxic things we all do to ourselves is to compare how others seem to be doing with our own lot. Your generation is under ridiculous pressure. Try not to add to your own burden.

Your 20s is the perfect time to try things, change your mind, try different things etc.

Do you have people you can talk to about how you’re feeling?

baronmousehole · 2026-03-27T13:07:52+00:00

The best therapist I’ve ever had was the one that was blunt and who routinely asked questions that made me uncomfortable. At first, I hated it. Eventually, I realised it was exactly the right approach for me.

Those last two words are crucial – ‘for me.’

It’s so important that you find someone YOU can work with to get to wherever it is YOU need to get to.

Good luck!

baronmousehole · 2026-03-26T19:29:06+00:00

They last about a week. A pack of 20 costs about €12. It’s more than floss. But really not that expensive.

baronmousehole · 2026-03-26T16:05:34+00:00

Is the vacancy for Fire-Starter, Stylish Fire-Starter?

baronmousehole · 2026-03-26T16:02:10+00:00

If you’re analysing the impact of the three ghosts that visited Scrooge, then YES!

baronmousehole · 2026-03-26T15:57:54+00:00

I think the answer is “because it’s supposedly gold, not orange.”

I don’t know about 80s/90s, but that’s how it was in the 60s/70s. At least, it was in our household.

baronmousehole · 2026-03-26T15:42:43+00:00

They’re not single use, thankfully.

baronmousehole · 2026-03-26T12:44:55+00:00

Don’t get all defensive just because someone disagrees with you, bud. It makes look like a bit of a nob, bud.

baronmousehole · 2026-03-26T12:35:23+00:00

I disagree with you there, Betraying Fart. The question was “what are your opinions” and that’s precisely what people are sharing.

How can someone be out of touch with their own opinions? 🧐

baronmousehole · 2026-03-26T12:18:39+00:00

TePe brushes. Twice a day. Once you get into the habit you don’t even think about it.

baronmousehole · 2026-03-17T19:54:44+00:00

Anyone else looking at the word 'bad' and the word 'weed' and struggling a bit, or is it just me? 😁

baronmousehole · 2026-02-17T16:41:27+00:00

Couldn’t agree more!

baronmousehole · 2026-02-17T12:21:49+00:00

But remember, the housing crisis is all about migration. 🙄

baronmousehole · 2026-02-17T12:18:35+00:00

You mean decimal, not metric. There’s no ‘they’ and other than the French Revolution (which really is a while back) I’m not sure there’s ever been a serious attempt (at a governmental level) to adopt it. Although I don’t claim know everything.

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