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• Because most films are not directed by their scriptwriters, the writer and the director may have different views of the story. Overall, the director and producer dictate the way the film will be shot, so the writer's original vision must be tailored to the vision of those in charge. This may mean cutting or combining characters, adding or removing subplots or revising scenes for practical reasons such as an inadequate budget to properly reproduce elements of the writer's story. In television, shows that use multiple freelance writers for various episodes require someone with a knowledge of the overall storyline to ensure each episode fits well with the surrounding stories.
• Story editors may rewrite the script themselves or they may offer advice to the writer in either verbal or written form and have the writer revise the script. Quite often in film, a new writer is brought in to completely rewrite the screenplay based on the story editor's commentary. In this case, the film credits may denote the original writer with a "story by" credit and the second writer with a "screenplay by" credit.

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