It's Gonna Be Short If It's News;

And The Most Important Thing You Can Do Is Learn To Edit Yourself. And Then Go Back And Rewrite.

Television's Not Going Read Stories To You.

Rewriting Is A Large Part Of The Whole Job. And Get Rid Of Stuff That's Not Working. Just Pare It Down Until It's A Beautiful Thing You Can Hand In.

Some Of The Most Important Stories Don't Lend Themselves To Television Treatment.

Unless You're Doing A Feature Piece, Which Is Going To Be Longer, And You Have More Time To Get Into Stuff.