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Writing TV Pilots
If you write an original TV pilot, you should have an existing show spec to package with it when you send it to Agents.
Make sure it's the same tone of show as your pilot if your interest is in getting staffed on a show (which it should be).
The odds of a first time writer selling a show are extremely low (though not unheard of), so your goal when writing TV should be:
Make sure it's the same tone of show as your pilot if your interest is in getting staffed on a show (which it should be).
The odds of a first time writer selling a show are extremely low (though not unheard of), so your goal when writing TV should be:
1 – getting an agent
2 – getting staffed.
"You sell a screenplay like you sell a car.
If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it."
If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it."
-Rita Mae Brown
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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