Quote: jack martin @ March 13 2011, 12:50 PM GMTIs it not better to encourage and nurture the hidden talents of someone rather than to attack their weaknesses?
Educate us all, don't discourage.
Rant over.
Hi Jack
Fair point, and the feedback that we get from our workshops is that we're good at encouraging people. We've always claimed that writing is its own reward and we'd never discourage anyone from writing and certainly not from sending it in to us.
We love to represent a diverse range of writing, and one thing we're actively pursuing is going into schools and colleges to work with kids who struggle with literacy and to encourage them to write sitcoms as a means of expression and to learn a love of language.
The script's content and potential for a series is what we're concerned with at the moment, as well as writers who are passionate about their craft, which cuts through class and demographics.
The tub thumping about good grammar is just the end product of two weeks of staring at scripts that have had hours and hours of work lovingly spent on them, and then the author hasn't bothered to spell check them. A lot of our frustration lies with the author, not because of them.
Hope that helps, Declan
