As a writer, you have control of the words you put on the page. But once that manuscript leaves your hand, you give control to the reader. As a director, you are limited by everything: weather, budget, and egos.

After meeting with Bennett and other members of the cast and crew regarding the script Meyer impressed Star Trek's actors and producers by delivering a superior draft of the script in only twelve days. He developed the story with Leonard Nimoy and co-wrote the screenplay with long-time friend and assistant Denny Flinn. It was a success with both critical reception and in box office returns.

For adapting a screenplay from his own novel for The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) Meyer was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He has also been nominated for a Satellite Award three Emmy Awards and has won four Saturn Awards.