This is helpful. As a novelist new to screenwriting, I'm accustomed to going through years of complicated, often contradictory notes from editors, requiring wholesale revisions of hundreds of pages of writing...again and again and again. By comparison, I've found the screenwriting notes process fairly straightforward--more specific, clear, and actionable.
Novelists are expected to revise for years without compensation, all after being paid only the first 25% of the advance. Screenwriting seems to have a much better baked-in system of payments and deadlines.
It's definitely because of their ability to unionize that screenwriters have been able to carve out specific deliverables and deadlines and payment structures. I can only imagine how much more nebulous it all must feel in the book world.
Yes, novelists have been trained for so long by the industry to be “grateful for being published” that all of the power lies in the hands of the publishers. I believe most publishers are basically trying to do right by their authors while running a business and making a profit — but this means that a book can easily get mired in a years-long editorial process that is heavily influenced by the marketing department. And there are no guarantees whatsoever as to what advance a publisher should/will pay.
I also just got into Platonic and was surprised by how much I love it given that I didn't even know season one existed until press for season two began. The visual intro of Seth Rogen's character as a guy who brings his own coffee in a travel mug to a meeting at Starbucks sold me and it only got funnier from there!
This is helpful. As a novelist new to screenwriting, I'm accustomed to going through years of complicated, often contradictory notes from editors, requiring wholesale revisions of hundreds of pages of writing...again and again and again. By comparison, I've found the screenwriting notes process fairly straightforward--more specific, clear, and actionable.
Novelists are expected to revise for years without compensation, all after being paid only the first 25% of the advance. Screenwriting seems to have a much better baked-in system of payments and deadlines.
It's definitely because of their ability to unionize that screenwriters have been able to carve out specific deliverables and deadlines and payment structures. I can only imagine how much more nebulous it all must feel in the book world.
Yes, novelists have been trained for so long by the industry to be “grateful for being published” that all of the power lies in the hands of the publishers. I believe most publishers are basically trying to do right by their authors while running a business and making a profit — but this means that a book can easily get mired in a years-long editorial process that is heavily influenced by the marketing department. And there are no guarantees whatsoever as to what advance a publisher should/will pay.
I also just got into Platonic and was surprised by how much I love it given that I didn't even know season one existed until press for season two began. The visual intro of Seth Rogen's character as a guy who brings his own coffee in a travel mug to a meeting at Starbucks sold me and it only got funnier from there!
HA it's a very good very funny, character detail! Same!! It's just a super charming ensemble and fun series!