Fiona wrote:

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I think perhaps a little too much emphasis has gotten placed, over the years, on the famous story of ... writing a script to a tight deadline, then getting to do the edit while he goes away and works on the next one

Tavia

I wasn't thinking so much of that as the everyday realities of writing for money and to deadlines, which has paid for my internet access for several years now.

Fiona

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However, from what I've heard, the editing was not so much ... having to rewrite the story, as him having to edit down the scenes which contained concepts they couldn't afford to realise (huge crowd scenes, pitched space battles etc) into something they could.

Tavia

I'm already looking forward to hearing ... speak at Redemption 03.

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David writes I am thinking of attending the event. Possibly I may hear what the Script Editor has to say on the following issue:

G.R. Having said that, ... has commented before that ... was not averse to cutting expository dialogue, no matter how important to the plot it might have been.

J.L.V. I can't find the quote right now, but ... said something similar in an interview, that he cut dialog out of the script in some episode without realising till it aired that it was a crucial piece of information. I've always wondered what bit that might have been?

David If you, Tavia or Fiona, had the chance to spend quiet time with the B7 Script Editor, what would you ask him?

DC

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