The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

1 | Getting Notes On Your Work

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Mar 5, 2020
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ADVICE

Getting Early Feedback

  • Share your work first with encouraging friends for positive feedback.
  • Get specific feedback by asking targeted questions about areas you're unsure of.
ADVICE

Gathering Unbiased Feedback and Recording

  • Ask for initial, unbiased reactions without prompting.
  • Record feedback sessions to catch everything and avoid missing points due to your brain's survival mode.
ANECDOTE

Three Stages of Receiving Notes

  • Meg LeFauve shares Josh Singer's three stages of receiving notes: "fuck you," "fuck me," and "what's next."
  • These stages represent the emotional and mental process writers go through when receiving criticism.
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