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That recognition comes to you weekly in the form of the largest paycheck on the payroll, the biggest office in the suite, the parking spot closest to the front door, and the Executive Producer credit in the main titles of every episode of the show - along with your production company card after the end titles.", "attrs": null, "subkind": "paragraph", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "929525a0-b5f7-4177-86a5-fed646d0a80a", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.15, "w": 0.8, "x": 0.1, "y": 0.78 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "In my twenty years, I have, regrettably, but not at all surprisingly, witnessed literally dozens, if not hundreds, of interactions between showrunners and network or studio executives in which the showrunner has - either purposefully or, even worse, casually and without concern or understanding of the ramifications - said something like: \"If the last draft [NAME OF WRITER] handed to me is any indication, you won't be seeing that script for a while\" or \"The truth is, I had to rewrite every page [NAME OF WRITER] ever gave me\" or the hardy perennial \"I have to rewrite ALL the scripts from page one\" or \"[NAME OF WRITER]\"", "attrs": null, "subkind": "paragraph", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "9302cf1a-5390-4cc9-9dfd-18fbf943538c", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.08, "w": 0.8, "x": 0.1, "y": 0.7 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "Everyone knows who and what you are. Everyone is hanging on your words. You have no need to hoard what belongs to others in the name of gaining recognition for your struggles, however arduous and hard-fought they may seem.", "attrs": null, "subkind": "paragraph", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "9673a0d7-6a3c-455b-a48d-faa9ec136a3a", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.05, "w": 0.8, "x": 0.1, "y": 0.5 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "I get it... but I have been through to the other side and have come back to tell you - and I know this one's a difficult one to swallow - you don't.", "attrs": null, "subkind": "paragraph", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "e2cfda2d-14b4-42b7-9d9a-e472117ef754", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.2, "w": 0.8, "x": 0.1, "y": 0.3 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "I know that it sounds counter-intuitive. I know you feel embattled, and suspect that everyone is out to get you - even your own writers, whom you secretly believe write poorly on purpose just to spite, frazzle, and drive you to an early grave - and that everyone wants you to fail and prove your daddy right... so you must fight to be recognized as the creative genius behind every success.", "attrs": null, "subkind": "paragraph", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "e7990946-5416-4710-a285-6a636a5cdebd", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.15, "w": 0.8, "x": 0.1, "y": 0.15 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "The Eleventh and final Law of showrunning is the tail of the snake in the mouth of the First... Never miss an opportunity to point out how another person's work has made you look good. 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