things to think about when writing a pilot script
i want to write a half hour comedy pilot to use as a writing sample. here are some things i’ve been thinking about: premise i had several different ideas, but…
finished my HIMYM spec (kinda), moving on to my pilot
last week, i set a deadline for myself to finish my spec script for HIMYM by today, and i did! well, kind of. it’s 42 pages which is just about…
my himym spec update, and how deadlines are good
i wrote my spec of The Office in 3 weeks because of the Nick Fellowship deadline. it’s been about 5 weeks now since i decided to write a spec for…
awards for web series
there are now awards for web series. i want to make a web series of my own, and this a great list to see what’s out there now.
how to break into tv
alex epstein interviews Chad Gervich who wrote a book on how to break into tv. part 1 – tv vs film, queries, getting an industry job part 2 – new…
my next spec : himym
i wrote a spec of The Office in feb, and now i’m working on one for How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM). i finished the outline and sent it to…
writing groups
john august has a great post on his site about writing groups. he makes a very interesting suggestion which is to put an expiration date on the group at the…
idea for a pilot
my plan is to have 2 comedy spec scripts and 1 pilot. i wrote 1 spec of The Office which i sent off to the nickelodeon fellowship. my other spec…
finished my Office script
i’m all done with my first tv spec! the deadline for the nick writing fellowship is tomorrow, but i finished and mailed it off today. the fellowship announcements will be…