“Unveiling the Secrets: How Shari Hamrick Grewal Transformed from Behind the Camera to Directing Dreams”
Ashley
Yeah. And so do you think this writer who wrote Winter’s Garden did she I mean she had worked with you before do you think it was in her part of her strategy was make sure there’s a sort of a veteran tie -in or a military tie -in in the backdrop because I know Shari is into that like was there some strategically you know on her part to actually write something that specifically met what you were looking for a romcom with this military background.
Shari Hamrick Grewal
No, she’d already had this script for quite some time. I got you. She dusted it off and sent it to me. So, she had written this, this particular writer in this space of holiday fair is prolific and has had over 17 of her scripts produced into movies. So, she’s not, she knows what she’s doing. She understands, the beats that are required in a holiday rom -com, things like that. I mean, there are very specific rules, especially if you’re trying to get a, you know, a hallmark to take on your tail. I mean, they use a nine-beat structure where everybody else uses eight. I mean, they have very specific roles and it’s very difficult to get in there. So even this writer, she’s been around so long. She’s so good at that. She mentors writers who are trying to get into that. So, she’s had like five writers that she’s mentored with their own scripts that, that sent them to her and she gave them notes how to fix it and have sold their scripts directly to Hallmark. So, there’s definitely a formula if you’re in that path. Right now, as a general, let’s say you’re, some of your listeners that have nothing to do with Christmas, like they’re not interested, you know, they’re decried thriller or maybe a really cool horror. That’s maybe leads more to like an old school heart. Because I don’t want to give advice on, you know, the next bar or something. It’s just too, too gross for me at this point. I’m a grandmother now. I guess I’ve ironed out my need to, you know, be shocking when I’m making stuff. The worst thing that happens now for my day is that the Christmas cookie was broken during the time. Like that’s the most trauma I want to deal with right now. But even I think for all the writers, they need to kind of stay up with some of the trends. I’m finding a lot of submissions are still coming in to me that are over 120 pages or more in scripts. And that is just, I know that that used to be the thing, right? 120 pages, right? It’s not the thing anymore. If you’re sending people that anything that’s over 105 pages, they may not even read it. When you start getting to 110, you’re out. Unless you’re a known writer, they’re not going to read it. Very difficult. So I really like getting things that are 95 to 105 to eight, no more than 110 pages. If I see that’s 120, 125 pages, I’m already like, it’s too much. It’s too long.
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