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Originally posted by Northbank View Post
It is not a good idea to write all the episodes. As Jeff said, a pilot (to show you can write) and a mini bible that lays out where the show goes. You save your self a lot of time you could be writing other things. Also, anyone you attach (showrunner/producer/actors etc.) will want their input and any note they have on the pilot could ripple through your other five episodes so it is honestly a waste of your time to write them.
I wonder if someone wrote a TV pilot and then for the other 5 episodes wrote it in more prose -- a novella maybe -- then you could show reps this pilot and producers, then say if you like that, check out this Amazon link where you can read more and adapt them also for TV. So then they can give their input and feel more involved in writing the next 5 episodes...
So you can bring your own IP with your spec script?
Northbank -- no idea who you are in real life and don't need to know -- but can you hint if you are a pro TV writer or film? Or both? Good to have you around.
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Originally posted by Northbank View Post
It is not a good idea to write all the episodes. As Jeff said, a pilot (to show you can write) and a mini bible that lays out where the show goes. You save your self a lot of time you could be writing other things. Also, anyone you attach (showrunner/producer/actors etc.) will want their input and any note they have on the pilot could ripple through your other five episodes so it is honestly a waste of your time to write them.
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Originally posted by Bono View Post
This sounds like good advice to me. And also easier in a way. I know many writers who tell me they are writing an entire series and I see the joy in that, but it's probably coming from the novel world where that happens. Back to our novellas discussion.
I wonder if someone wrote a TV pilot and then for the other 5 episodes wrote it in more prose -- a novella maybe -- then you could show reps this pilot and producers, then say if you like that, check out this Amazon link where you can read more and adapt them also for TV. So then they can give their input and feel more involved in writing the next 5 episodes...
So you can bring your own IP with your spec script?
Northbank -- no idea who you are in real life and don't need to know -- but can you hint if you are a pro TV writer or film? Or both? Good to have you around.
Writing the entire series in advance is generally considered an amateur move. Pros know they could get a big note (or lots!) on the pilot. Writing all episodes can be seen as a red flag, someone who will be reluctant to make the big changes.
And finally, perhaps I am not a writer at all.
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