How To Make Your TV Fellowship Script Stand Out
Jun 22nd, 2007 by DanO
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The Writers Guild of America West has its own monthly magazine for and about screenwriters called Written By. In the April 2007 issue, they had a great article about what you can do to make your spec script stand out. With the Disney/ABC TV Writing Fellowship and the Warner Brothers TV Drama Writing Program deadlines fast approaching, I want to list some highlights from the article.
The article, entitled "Writing Your Own Lottery Ticket" was a roundtable of upcoming and established writers talking about their experiences getting work through the use of their specs as well as what got them into the studio Writing Programs. Here is the advice that stood out for me:
- "Capture the voice of the show, but be sure to show your own voice."
- "Imagine what would be the best episode you would want to see. What is the greatest conflict for the characters?"
- "Take your readers for a ride and don’t give them a chance to get off."
You can read part of the article online here.
