Script Partners: How to Succeed at Co-Writing for Film & TV, 2nd Edition

Afterword

by Andrew Reich & Ted Cohen

Andrew’s Top Ten Reasons for Working With Ted

1. He’s funnier than I am.
2. He’s better at story than I am.
3. He wrote my favorite Friends line of all time (Rachel: Joey has a secret peephole! He takes naked pictures of Monica and he eats chicken, and he looks at them!)
4. He never says, “I told you so.”
5. He’s patient with me when I’m cranky and say things like, “This all sucks. We suck.”
6. He’s less lazy than I am.
7. He’s always willing to come over to my house to work, which is good, because I’m really lazy.
8. When I’m writing on my own, I have the urge to call him about once every ten minutes.
9. If he hadn’t had the idea to write together, I’d probably still be an agent. (God help us all.)
10. When I give him this list, he’ll ...