{ "docId": "019f6b8e-d95a-702d-88cd-b743c11cc5e1", "docSlug": "jarvis-11-laws-of-showrunning-nice-version", "documentTitle": "11 laws of showrunning nice version", "authorId": "11-laws-of-showrunning-nice-version", "authorName": null, "documentKindSlug": "deck", "documentKindLabel": "Deck", "sourceTypeSlug": "investor_relations", "sourceTypeLabel": "Investor relations", "presentationDate": null, "orientation": null, "aspectRatio": null, "pageNumber": 17, "pageCount": 25, "prevPage": 16, "nextPage": 18, "slideType": "other", "function": "other", "density": "overcrowded", "nDataPoints": 0, "notes": "The slide is a text-heavy page from a document, likely a guide on showrunning or team management.", "elementsJson": null, "metadataConfidence": 0.9, "imagePath": null, "slideHref": "/slides/019f6b8e-d95a-702d-88cd-b743c11cc5e1/17", "deckHref": "/decks/019f6b8e-d95a-702d-88cd-b743c11cc5e1", "deckJsonHref": "/decks/019f6b8e-d95a-702d-88cd-b743c11cc5e1.json", "deckAnchorHref": "/decks/019f6b8e-d95a-702d-88cd-b743c11cc5e1#slide-17", "components": [ { "bbox": { "h": 0.23, "w": 0.78, "x": 0.11, "y": 0.67 }, "kind": "list", "text": "These are the three most common kinds of bad apples that show up in writers rooms: 1. The \"Doctor No\" - A writer who responds to most ideas that are not theirs with \"that sucks\" and then lets everyone know how and why, usually without providing ideas about how to fix the problem. 2. The \"Hostage Taker\" - Sometimes, Doctor Noes cross the line into Hostage Taker, refusing the let the room move on until their objections have been addressed. In younger and less experience staffers, this behavior is career-destroying. Another brand of hostage-taking comes from the writer who mistakes the open environment of the ideal room - to which its", "attrs": null, "subkind": "numbered", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "c784c664-7583-4932-81d1-73f50f074bba", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.02, "w": 0.1, "x": 0.79, "y": 0.93 }, "kind": "other", "text": "Page 17 of 25", "attrs": null, "subkind": "other", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "511ec3b5-5d4f-4235-b757-ad76957aea46", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.13, "w": 0.78, "x": 0.11, "y": 0.34 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "Conversely, if you are the youngest/least experienced/lowest-ranked writer on a staff and have an objection to the work of a more senior writer (and I am giving this advice here because it behooves showrunners to teach this behavior), and have an idea as to how you might fix it, then run your criticism/idea by the next person from you in the hierarchy... and maybe then go with that person to the next person up. You build consensus, insure that the ground under your feet is solid, and then make your move.", "attrs": null, "subkind": "paragraph", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "1b55939c-2049-405e-b2d1-27ddf2083ce8", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.22, "w": 0.78, "x": 0.11, "y": 0.09 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "Now let's say that someone who answers the phones in the front office comes to you with an idea that you do find undeniable. How do you present it to your staff without triggering the awkwardness described above? You give the note yourself without the staffer in the room: if it succeeds the tests, you then graciously give credit to the junior member, also preferably without them in the room, and then later let them know that their idea is being used and that everyone knows where it came from. If the idea is proven to have already been talked about and discarded - and you realize you yourself are behind the mainstream of the creative process in your own room by pitching it - you take the blame, shrug it off, and move on. You're the boss, it will not damage you.", "attrs": null, "subkind": "paragraph", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "9f246e6b-567f-48ac-9bed-dafe1bd3adc7", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.07, "w": 0.78, "x": 0.11, "y": 0.49 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "These last two points do bring up one, frequently very difficult managerial issue: what do you do when your writers room truly includes a bad apple? 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