Hi, everyone. This is probably a stupid question, and if its already been answered you can go ahead and direct me to the thread where that answer is located.
I've been having to do a lot of thinking lately about the type of writing I do, and have come to realize that I much prefer writing something that can provide a lot of character development, something that seems to evade me when I do a feature script. As such, I've turned my attention towards writing for television.
My question is this: if a pilot I were to write was picked up, produced, etc. all the way through to getting a greenlight on the series, what is the likelihood that I, a first-time writer, would be part of the staff writers regardless of the fact I came up with the pilot? Would I more likely be relegated to being a creative consultant of some kind?
And please, don't say something like "Worry about that when you've got something." THere are some projects in my head I'd prefer to actually be part of the staff on, and if in the beginning I'm more likely to be a consultant than on-staff, I want to save those ideas for when I can actually be a part of it. If you're guaranteed a position on staff, even as a junior writer, for a series which you wrote the pilot for, then I guess any of those concerns are dismissed. But I can't seem to find any information on this topic. Maybe it's just something that is glaringly obvious and I'm missing that for some reason.
Anyways, any confirmation or denial of the above would be great, especially from those with personal experience if there are any.
Oh, and please note I'm referring to a pilot written by an unknown writer rather than established one in terms of the above questions.
I've been having to do a lot of thinking lately about the type of writing I do, and have come to realize that I much prefer writing something that can provide a lot of character development, something that seems to evade me when I do a feature script. As such, I've turned my attention towards writing for television.
My question is this: if a pilot I were to write was picked up, produced, etc. all the way through to getting a greenlight on the series, what is the likelihood that I, a first-time writer, would be part of the staff writers regardless of the fact I came up with the pilot? Would I more likely be relegated to being a creative consultant of some kind?
And please, don't say something like "Worry about that when you've got something." THere are some projects in my head I'd prefer to actually be part of the staff on, and if in the beginning I'm more likely to be a consultant than on-staff, I want to save those ideas for when I can actually be a part of it. If you're guaranteed a position on staff, even as a junior writer, for a series which you wrote the pilot for, then I guess any of those concerns are dismissed. But I can't seem to find any information on this topic. Maybe it's just something that is glaringly obvious and I'm missing that for some reason.
Anyways, any confirmation or denial of the above would be great, especially from those with personal experience if there are any.
Oh, and please note I'm referring to a pilot written by an unknown writer rather than established one in terms of the above questions.
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