![]() ![]() One wrote a spec script for Grey’s anatomy and now has worked several seasons on that show. If you are a bad writer, you will disappear.ĭon’t believe me? I have 2 close friends get hired as screenwriters for tv on spec scripts of existing shows. If you are a good writer, you can get bought by writing a spec script for TV or film. There are still a lot of companies out there ie Netflix, NBC, and Amazon Studios all looking for good new content. I think the market is definitely saturated but that doesn’t mean you can’t write for tv. What I've heard from other working writers (totally anecdotally) is that the television/series space has tightened up considerably over the past year. But I do think it's worthwhile to understand a little about the marketplace. Chasing trends isn't a good way to make a spec sale. You may or may not agree with his advice, but it's coming from the right place.Īs for looking for a counter point, I think u/youraveragejoseph's post from above is the perfect one. Lastly, Daniel is trying to help people and provide them with actionable advice.That's something anyone in the business of selling creative content ought to know. Second, any trends you see in produced films started three years ago and almost certainly have run their course on the buying side once the audience notices them.First of all, many of the major studios have told me they are looking for features in the $30m-$60m range.I work almost entirely on the feature side, so I honestly can't speak much to what's going on with television and streaming at the moment. "Write where they ain't" my pappy used to say. Take all those ideas and stay the hell away from television. This town will chew you up and spit you out and that's only if you're good enough to get in the door.īut if you're still gonna try? Try smarter. It's probably harder than it's ever been to be a young working writer in Hollywood. Does it have three great starring roles? Perfect. Movies that can still get made at the right price. You need a clean idea (the hard part), you need excellent execution (also the hard part) and you need to write to Hollywood wants. Will it be easy in the land of comic book tentpoles and branded IP? Absolutely 100% not. For the last five years all the ideas, all the talent have run to the flatscreen in your living room. The competition is simply too fierce for a young writer to even think about breaking into TV with a pilot script or pitch.Īnd yes there will be exceptions blah blah blah but when I sit down to bet on the horse that is my career I don't shoot for the long odds. The downside of having so many TV shows on the air? That many more writers are now experienced television writers. Well what about staffing? Well what about it. ![]() These are shows with big time writers at the helm. I can't tell you how many times I've met with producers who tell me they have "A-list packages" on shows they couldn't sell. They've been pitched or written and they've been pitched or written by writers with more experience. For every show you see on the air there's a hundred shows that didn't make it. You're three years too late.Įven with Netflix and other streamers and the endless TV season there's just no more room. The last few years though there has been a sea change to writing TV pilots to try and break in to the business.Īnd obviously rules are never steadfast but from experience and the glut of Peak TV I'm more sure than ever when I say:ĭO NOT WRITE A TV PILOT TO BREAK INTO THE BUSINESS IN 2019.īut, Dan, everyone is doing TV!" Yes, which is why you don't want to be there. But in the past that always meant "write a feature spec". ![]() The advice is a twist on the classic "always be writing" (which of course never changes). So as Hollywood shuts down for 2018 I thought I would leave you guys with some advice for younger writers in the New Year. It's eye-opening, to be honest, but jibes with what my reps have told me recently (after I spent over a gorram year developing a pilot). No Sale of Copyrighted Material or Sharing of Confidential Material Posts Made by ( u/deleted) Accounts are Subject to Removal Observe Dedicated Weekly Threads for Loglines, Memes, Etc ![]() Provide Descriptive/Informative Titles for Posts Screenplays MUST be properly formatted/Do not post your film without the screenplay. No Contest, Coverage or Service AdvertisingĬomplaints About Paid Feedback Must Include Script and Evaluations No Socks, Trolls or Shitposting, Spam or Off-Topic Postsĭon't post personal blogs, personal websites, or unapproved self-promotion. WIKI: FAQS & FORMATTING INFO AND RESOURCESĭo not personally attack fellow redditors respect privacy, be encouraging, use your manners. ![]()
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