- things you don't understand
- Character arch
- things you loved
- inconsistencies
*This is a list of notes that are strictly for you, you NEVER give them to the writer, except maybe "things you loved".
The 1st Meeting
Your 1st meeting with the playwright should be done in person. With this meeting you want to:
1. Get a personality reading. Do your personalities clash or work well with each other.
2. Build a relationship. In this meeting you need to build trust, or how can you expect the playwright to have confidence that you want what's good their script. You should find a an informal, comfortable, meeting place.
3. Don't give notes
The 1st meeting is to establish trust, to get the writers vision, and to build a working friendship. A great question to start off with could be something like:
"Imagine that it's opening night. You have the perfect everything - script, cast, venue, set, lights...ect- everything you wanted has been realized. if you go out into the lobby and listen to the audience criticism:
1. what is the one thing that if no one mentioned you would be heartbroken?
2. What was your original impulse when you started writing the play? Do you feel it still when you read through it now.
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