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The Development Path Writing Television Scripts That Sell
The Development Path is not often an easy one. Writers must not only create a series that is true to their voice, to their interests and intentions, but also this series must deliver to a sophisticated, seasoned, critical audience. To be creative is one thing, [...]
How To Write a Pilot for Television
How to write a Pilot for Television. This is my mark 2 chapter on the subject. A note of caution from the Off. Firstly, do read my blog How To Write the Pilot for Television (part 1) here Then, do not write anything initially. Have [...]
WRITING THE TELEVISION PILOT – FIRST TEN PAGES
Writing the Television Pilot - the first ten pages - can be daunting for Television writers. In this blog, I want to set out the five key factors that must be in those crucial first ten pages in order for a potential Producer to not [...]
HOW TO WRITE A TREATMENT AND STRUCTURE SERIES NARRATIVE
Do you want to know how to write Television Treatments and learn how to structure your series narrative?
How to write a TV series outline
How to write a TV series outline is a tricky skill to get right. You need to be both creative but also present your series narrative commercially, so that Producers find it easy to read and it answers their key questions about the series as a whole.
How To Write Well for Television Series Drama
Television writing demands specific, necessary and particular skills in order that the story and characters you imagine make it strongly and clearly to the page and from there to the screen. I work with many professional writers and many more who are in the middle [...]
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MARTIN BELL Once I had a first draft, I honestly couldn’t tell if it was any good. I hadn’t written for TV before and had no idea what the structure for an episode was…I knew I needed to get some expert eyes on it, so I went to Yvonne… She’s had 30+ years in the industry and seemed to fundamentally understand TV drama. She was the right person to help. I’d had lots of positive feedback about how strong my opening pages were. I was really, really proud of them. And one of Yvonne’s first comments was, “the opening’s got to change”…I trusted her though, and she was right…
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