Writing An Effective One Sheet – One Thing You Should Never Do
Writing is as much about marketing as it is about the story. A great story full of great characters, great dialog, and great action is a given nowadays. It’s the bare minimum that a writer must produce to grab the attention of anyone. One of the supplemental articles that helps set that great script apart […]
Creating A, B, and C Storylines For TV Series
The name of the game in television writing is sustainable entertainment. Unless your story is a limited series, it’s likely to take multiple seasons and multiple arcs of various sizes to complete your narrative. Even then, limited series also require multiple storylines to drive the narrative toward its satisfying conclusion. This is where A, B, […]
You’ve Written Your Pilot Episode. What About The Second Episode?
Many TV writers spend an inordinate amount of time crafting the perfect pilot episode. Although your TV pilot is essential to introduce the entire television series, some writers don’t always spend a corresponding amount of time on the subsequent episodes. Granted, most of the heavy lifting of the show occurs in the pilot, but don’t […]
Exploring Female Character Archetypes – The Maiden
At long last we come to the final of the four major female archetypes – the Maiden. The Maiden is lamented and resented by some and worshipped and fetishized by others. Traditionally defined as an unmarried woman, she is young, naïve, free-spirited and untainted by the world, the Maiden represents the innocence, independence, and individuality […]
Exploring Female Character Archetypes – The Mother
Next up in our survey of the four major female archetypes, we have the Mother. The Mother, as you might expect, has been around since time immemorial. Even before a context was built around her for literary purposes, she existed in oral stories and the origin myths of goddesses, and before that at the very […]
