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How to write a short film: Episode 25 - Receiving feedback

How to receive feedback — which notes to act on, which to hold, and why the note is usually right about the problem and wrong about the fix.

Anthony Hett · 3 min · Intermediate · SCR · Screenwriting · 2021

What you take away

A note points at a symptom; finding the cause is still your job.

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