Do not let any record company disturb your creative flow. You are not writing for the record company. You're writing for the public.
I worked on 'Sarah Connor' even longer than 'Firefly.' And I always remembered how generous everyone was to me when I didn't know what to do, and I didn't know the rules, and I didn't know camera angles, and I didn't know lighting.
It is sound judgment to hope that in the not too distant future we shall be competent to understand so simple a thing as a star.