Hello all,
I had a question about writing original pilots. All my scripts and story concepts are for serialized shows which seem to be pretty successful these days. I've read that it is recommended that a pilot should itself be a self contained story. So even if the pilot is part of a longer story arc, it should have some sort of resolution and should serve as a model or format for future episodes. The advice is puzzling when I think of the Lost pilot which was one of the most successful pilots of all time. Even with two part pilot episode it did not have a resolution. And while future episodes may have followed the format, it was only in continuing the pattern of deepening the mystery and not providing any answers or closure.
My pilot scripts are good at establishing setting, premise and characters but at the same time leave the the resolution of the story arc for future episodes. Would I have any luck querying with these type of scripts? What about with TV script contests like Scriptapalooza TV? Would I be judged on the strength of the writing, or would the readers prefer a story with a resolution.
I had a question about writing original pilots. All my scripts and story concepts are for serialized shows which seem to be pretty successful these days. I've read that it is recommended that a pilot should itself be a self contained story. So even if the pilot is part of a longer story arc, it should have some sort of resolution and should serve as a model or format for future episodes. The advice is puzzling when I think of the Lost pilot which was one of the most successful pilots of all time. Even with two part pilot episode it did not have a resolution. And while future episodes may have followed the format, it was only in continuing the pattern of deepening the mystery and not providing any answers or closure.
My pilot scripts are good at establishing setting, premise and characters but at the same time leave the the resolution of the story arc for future episodes. Would I have any luck querying with these type of scripts? What about with TV script contests like Scriptapalooza TV? Would I be judged on the strength of the writing, or would the readers prefer a story with a resolution.
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