Article: Writing for Television - Part 1: Writing TV Scripts

[David Jimerson]

http://www.dvxuser.com/articles/article.php/17

For some reason, in IE7, it comes up at as all-centered, which it shouldn't be. Is formatted properly in Firefox.

[RodThompson]

To piggy back, in the realm of researching the show you want to write for, be sure you read and read the scripts. Watching the show isn't enough. As shown here: http://www.defectiveyeti.com/archives/002477.html

[David Jimerson]

Yes, but also keep in mind, you don't submit scripts to shows, and when you get to a point when an agent will be submitting them for you, you don't send a script for that show TO that show.

That'll all be covered in Part 2.

[RodThompson]

No s*%t? I have ZERO experience with television writers. I always assumed a spec writer w/o agent would send a spec to say, ABC, speccing an ABC show. I'm going to be waiting for part 2, then.

[David Jimerson]

You may find the process surprising, then. Stay tuned.

[Saharanturtle]

Question: why would someone want to write for tv instead of film? Pro's and cons?

[David Jimerson]

Question: why would someone want to write for tv instead of film? Pro's and cons?

There's a section on that in Part 2 of the article.