From Your Brain to America: How to Write a Successful TV Drama

[word_mojo]

There are three vital facets you'll need to master in order to write a successful TV drama; they are: gimmick, plot and characters. With the aid of this guide you'll quickly develop each of these skills and be on your way to catapulting your little idea into the hearts and minds of an entire nation

Comments

it could be more scathing, but perhaps that's not your intent

[glazomaniac]

you don't need the colon in the first sentence.

Parody of self-help writing books is my first intent

[bad_juice]

Also: keeping it under 2.5 pages.

i'll look when i get home properly

[glazomaniac]

i am on my lunch break now.

Are you eating delicious?

[bad_juice]

I hope so.

[vogdoid]

yeah that's a tight limit. Maybe you could cut some things like "the public will be eating out of your hand" or "the public loves drama" and "which is the most exciting part for the audience to watch" to make room for 1-2 more examples?

this is great though.

Those seem like reasonable cuts

[bad_juice]

I'll try to figure out a way to work something good on.

Thanks!

ilya at gf's place, too lazy to log in

[anonymous]

i'll comment on this later, but seems like j. rosenbaum wrote his own thing of silent vitriol on million-dollar screenplays courtesy of mr. eszterhaszszsz, maybe interesting for ya: http://www.jonathanrosenbaum.com/?cat=5

that was "before he became a die-hard hoevy fan", which sort of really endears me to him.

xox

Awesome

[bad_juice]

Reading now, so far so good.

His is more blatantly mean than mine, but still pretty awesome. I feel decent following in the footsteps of someone like Rosenbaum.