Breaking Into TV
Breaking into TV is tough and you need to make sure your pilot and/or show specs move FAST.
Hit it hard from page one and don’t let off the gas!
Don’t just write a great episode, write the kind of episode for a show that people would talk about at the water cooler if they had actually seen it on TV.
Hit it hard from page one and don’t let off the gas!
Don’t just write a great episode, write the kind of episode for a show that people would talk about at the water cooler if they had actually seen it on TV.
"There's this inherent screenplay structure that everyone seems to be stuck on, this three-act thing. It doesn't really interest me. To me, it's kind of like saying, 'Well, when you do a painting, you always need to have sky here, the person here and the ground here.' Well, you don't."
-Charlie Kaufman
Sources: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/screenplay.html#Qt2XAKBwUuITJCDb.99 and http://www.screenplay.com/default.aspx.
A former Hollywood Lit Manager, Michael Ferris started ScriptAWish.com as a way to help other writers get their foot in the door and has helped several writers sell their scripts (like Travis Beacham of PACIFIC RIM) and set up projects with producers like Academy Award Winner Arnold Kopelson. The mission of ScriptAWish.com is to help aspiring writers get their scripts into shape and then get their foot in the door. His new venture is a collaboration with several professional screenwriters called StudioGhostwriters.com and is intended to help producers get their movie ideas on paper or their drafts polished for production.
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