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How to Structure a TV Series
How to Structure a TV Season and Series Story for the Commercial Market In this blog, I’ll guide you through the process of how to structure a tv series, structuring a TV season and crafting a compelling series story that appeals to the commercial market. [...]
PITCHING FOR TELEVISION – HOW TO DO IT WELL
Creating a cohesive, engaging, comprehensive, creative and commercial world for television from scratch, getting it out of your head, on to the page/screen and ultimately across the desk of people who can produce and distribute it to the world is a huge, daunting task. But [...]
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?
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“Yvonne is the real deal!
Working with her to bring my TV idea to life has been nothing short of incredible. From our very first session, when she looked at me and said, “Change the name of that pilot!”, right through to the final draft, she has guided me every step of the way.
As a theatre playwright making the transition into television, I couldn’t have asked for a better mentor. Yvonne helped me navigate the entire process with insight, encouragement and honesty, always knowing exactly when to challenge me, offer ideas and when to champion the work.
I now have a pilot and television series that I’m genuinely excited about and incredibly proud of. More than that, she’s given me the confidence to think of myself as a TV writer.
Thank you, Yvonne, for helping unleash that writer in me.
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“Yvonnes 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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