Rebecca is a dream to work with. Smart. Insightful. Creative. Supportive. And insanely gifted. Rebecca truly understands the writer’s journey. She doesn’t try to make the process about her ideas– it’s always about helping the writer find the best version of their idea. That is a truly rare quality in this town. And I can say from personal experience that she has helped make my work better. Not to mention, Rebecca has great taste. In people and material. She understands the marketplace and what the buyers are looking for and responding to. I would work with her again in a heartbeat.

Rebecca’s work exemplifies optimal feedback without pulling any punches. From features to television, across genres and tier-level writers, I can’t think of anyone better to pave the road toward a successful script.

Putting my script in Rebecca Stay’s hands was the smartest move I’ve ever made. I gave her my script and in turn Rebecca gave me her experience. She generously spent time with my pilot, gave me extensive, well-crafted notes and helped me to put the story I had in my mind’s eye on the page. Through her guidance, my script improved – and it landed me representation at a major agency. Rebecca not only elevated my writing, she elevated my career.

It’s impossible to oversell how much Rebecca and my work with her has impacted my career. She has respect for the writer’s voice, while helping you craft and structure your script in a way that conveys that voice, while also adhering to industry standards. Quite simply, she became my first and only writing teacher.  With the samples she helped me hone, I signed with CAA, Anonymous Content and I’ve staffed on four shows in less than three years. I can’t recommend her enough.  And on top of all that, she’s an absolute joy to be around and work with.

The year was 1999. Rebecca Stay read my newly published novel, The Perks of Being a Wallflower. She found me in New York City and said that she thought I might have a knack for TV. Her vision lead me to writing some freelance episodes for a show she was working on. Those episodes lead me to a love of TV. That love lead me to selling my first pilot to Rebecca. That pilot experience was so great that I wrote another pilot for a show I co-created entitled Jericho.  The moral of the story is… get to know Rebecca Stay. She is one of the most intelligent, supportive, and nurturing people I have ever worked with, and I thank her for the rest of my days.

It was my great pleasure to work with Rebecca Stay in development for several years, during which we worked on several pilots together, including my first series to go to air, The D.A., which led directly to my next writing gig, The Closer. Rebecca just doesn’t understand development and story, she understands writing for the screen. Knowing how something can translate from the page to the stage is almost an art form in itself. Rebecca is that artist.

Rebecca is the perfect antidote to the notes a writer gets these days, those generic, pre-determined attempts to reduce every script to a copy of another; she’s a welcome reminder that development means nurturing an individual writer’s voice toward a finished script. In my times working with Rebecca, I eagerly welcomed her thoughts (well, as eagerly as I could welcome anything besides unbridled praise), because they not only bettered my stories and scripts with great ideas I hadn’t considered, but always did so with a steady eye on the idea’s original intent. If you want to work with someone who really loves writers (and honestly, you’ve met writers — they’re not easy to love), get Rebecca on your team.

In my career as a television writer/producer, I had the privilege and pleasure of working with Rebecca over the course of almost seven years. I was able to experience her creative input as well as her graceful, professional and level-headed demeanor when dealing not just with writers, but with other network executives, directors, and producers. She has an almost radar-like ability to focus and zero-in on what needed to be honed and developed. I enjoyed collaborating with her.  I also feel like I learned something from an unbelievably smart and sensitive and knowledgeable professional — who has always had a talent for story — and ultimately the development and execution of scripts.

Rebecca is real value-added to any type of project. In addition to being a pleasure to work with, her creative instincts are spot-on and readily travel across genres. Whether focused on the details that help make a script come alive or on bigger picture strategies for getting a pitch sold — you want Rebecca as part of the collaboration!

I have worked with Rebecca Stay on numerous projects over the years. She’s a trusted colleague and friend who is passionate about her relationship with writers. Her notes and guidance are always spot on and she possesses the key skill of knowing how to shape an intelligent, marketable script.