There's a tendency at some networks to micromanage to the point of really hurting what ends up being on the air. It's very easy to blame the writers, but most people don't realize the process to get that one hour of television. The amount of cooks in the kitchen. And the amount of notes. There are hours of notes. Typically, on average an hour of notes on an outline from the studio, and an hour of notes from the network, and sometimes they contradict each other. And then an hour of notes on the cut. And so three hours of notes on each thing. So let's say that's six hours of going back and forth. That's average. When I found the process very helpful is when we sort of hit a wall, or when we got clear general notes -- not these nitpicky specifics that I think are destructive to the process.
How do these look like? Any examples?
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