So I'm taking a crack at writing a TV series. Made a few starts on a couple of ideas, came to nothing - finding it way different to writing a 90 page screen play. Episodic or non episodic, doesn't matter. Having to stretch what is going on over 10+ hrs of viewing has done my head in.
So I'm trying something different... ("Oh ****!" says everyone, "he's doin' dumb **** again!)
I'm writing the series as a single screen play - one big-ass document just following the main thread of the story and the main characters. And adding to the show bible as I go. The plan was, once I get to the end I'll add the sub plots. Once that's finished I'll break it down into episodes, I'll simply cut and paste from the main document into epoisodal documents I think there are enough existing cliffhangers, or highs and lows to get enough episode climaxes.
So far I'm at 148 pages or about episode 4-5 given its an hour long show and the subplots are absent. Obviously the subplots have a lower importance in the initial episode/s as we are introduced to the main characters. They start to be loaded in heavier about ep3.
However I've reached the point now, earlier than expected that I need to go back and build the subplots and those characters need to start interacting to a greater degree with in the main story.
So what do you think? 1-10
1 - doing it so wrongly I should have my fingers broken so I can't type another word
to...
10. the man's a frigging genius and why didn't we think of this?
and any advise you can offer?
So I'm trying something different... ("Oh ****!" says everyone, "he's doin' dumb **** again!)
I'm writing the series as a single screen play - one big-ass document just following the main thread of the story and the main characters. And adding to the show bible as I go. The plan was, once I get to the end I'll add the sub plots. Once that's finished I'll break it down into episodes, I'll simply cut and paste from the main document into epoisodal documents I think there are enough existing cliffhangers, or highs and lows to get enough episode climaxes.
So far I'm at 148 pages or about episode 4-5 given its an hour long show and the subplots are absent. Obviously the subplots have a lower importance in the initial episode/s as we are introduced to the main characters. They start to be loaded in heavier about ep3.
However I've reached the point now, earlier than expected that I need to go back and build the subplots and those characters need to start interacting to a greater degree with in the main story.
So what do you think? 1-10
1 - doing it so wrongly I should have my fingers broken so I can't type another word
to...
10. the man's a frigging genius and why didn't we think of this?
and any advise you can offer?
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