ATTN JMS: Attempting the Improbable (another writing question)

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From: Gordon Wetmore <gwetmore at iag.net>
Date: 24 Dec 1997 08:34:00 -0700
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Hi Joe,
    I've been meaning to ask this one for awhile. On a totally
hypothetical, if you had accepted the exec producer, writer job at a
suffering show (like SeaQuest, or Space Above and Beyond,) would you
place your focus on creating quality within the individual episode, the
season, or the story-arc. Or in other words, if a show is broke, how
would you go about fixing it?

Thanks much, and Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, Joyous Kwanzaa. We are
glad you're here.

Gordon Wetmore
Florida

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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 26 Dec 1997 11:26:32 -0700
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>On a totally
>hypothetical, if you had accepted the exec producer, writer job at a
>suffering show (like SeaQuest, or Space Above and Beyond,) would you
>place your focus on creating quality within the individual episode, the
>season, or the story-arc. Or in other words, if a show is broke, how
>would you go about fixing it?

If a show doesn't work, there's only one way to fix it...and it ain't adding
battles, or arcs, or chrome...it's the characters.  Audiences will tune in to
see what happens next to the characters they care about.  If that bond ain't
there...you've got nowhere to go.  It all proceeds from character.

As for SeaQuest, about the only thing that would've helped there would've been
depth charges.


 jms
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