r/TVWriting

So let’s say you wrote a pilot a bunch of your friends in the WGA love. They say it’s singularly you, and combines your family history and your own lived experience to tell the story of a really compelling ensemble in a particular world. It’s one of your better pilot samples in a while, which is exciting because you got staffed and into the WGA via your work in another medium.

But when you go to pitch it for the first time (not formally taking it out, but to a couple production companies), you get the feedback that it needs to get more LAST OF US or HUNGER GAMES because it’s too political (this is about an authoritarian regime). You also get the suggestion that the niche of the world you’ve built is too niche. You also get some helpful feedback on how to restructure your pitch that is so utterly helpful, and totally worth running with, but now you’re actually worried that the material itself and the reason you wrote it isn’t compatible with this market.

What would you do in this situation?

I know Sundance always has a bunch of extension codes out and I wondered if anyone had any? Thanks!

I’m thinking about joining one of the Disney programs in the future but I wanted to know the legitimacy of the program and any experience of anyone who joined the program?

Hello, sorry if I am posting this in the wrong subreddit, I am new to the app and haven’t got the hang of things quite yet. Ok, I will skip to the point, I have always wanted to create an animated short film or a pilot episode, and I have recently decided to pursue my goal. I came up with several plot ideas, but I genuinely can’t tell if they are any good. So I am going to share my favorite, and I would like some brutally honest feedback on whether this would be a good storyline. The rough outline follows
character A our hero, and our 2 villains character B and character C. Character C is the less awful person of the villain duo, he actually has some morals and is not that fond of killing anyone to get what he wants, but he almost always goes along with what character B says. Character B comes up with a “foolproof” plan to kill our hero (character A) by using character C to draw her out in the open under the guise of joining character A’s cause. But character B actually plans to kill both of them with a weapon similar to a cannon or bomb.(I am leaving out quite a few details about the kind of world these characters live in so bear with me) so character B kills character A, but A saves character C by shoving him behind a wall in time. Now our villain character B believes they are both dead and goes on trying to “fix” the world unchallenged. But character C feels extremely guilty that character A believed him and sacrificed her life for him. So he begins his redemption arc and the rest of the story follows him as a very crappy hero who also (under the guise of being a journalist) try’s to find out more about the person who saved his life without a second thought. He ends up forming a deep connection with her, despite her being already dead. Whether or not he actually succeeds at defeating the villain I haven’t decided yet lol.

Hi my name is Malcolm Kewa I am a screenplay writer from Papua New Guinea.

I picked up writing in 2024 aside from my 9 to 5 job as an IT Systems Analyst.

I write in all genres from series to feature films.

I have posted my work on social media under my brand 31st Scripts, please see the link attached to my Instagram page called 31st Scripts

Any writers want to collaborate I would be more than happy to discuss further, DM or email thirtyfirstscripts@gmail.com and let me know if any production company representatives or producers

Russell T. Davies and Vince Gilligan discuss the "brother/sister" trope and how to get around it in TV writing.

Hello Fellow Screenwriter Friends!

My name is Michael Sherman, and I was a writer on the film Knock at the Cabin, as well as a number of other screenplays, including Harry's All-Night Hamburgers.

It turns out I have been rather grumpy with screenwriting software for round about two decades... So obviously, I decided to just make my own with the tools I wanted it to actually have. What better way to give myself nothing else to complain about?! \o/ And because all of you are writers too, I feel it's only appropriate to share it with you as well...

It's called Revision Screenwriter.

It's free. Like, actually free. No BS paywalls or ads or demos or AI subscriptions or any other crap. I was a broke aspiring writer for many years, so I see no reason for it to cost writers anything.

It has all the features that I have always wanted. It tracks drafts, revisions, and passes in the same file so you can easily see Element History and Live Draft Comparison. You can tag production elements throughout your script and have it generate populated Movie Magic Scheduling files. It'll table read with the voices of all your friends and enemies (or the voices it comes with). It's highly customizable in terms of script formatting, user interface, and tunable settings. And most importantly, I'm fixing bugs and adding more features every day, because I use it every day myself.

If this is of interest to you, you can find it on Windows Store, Google Play Store, Apple App Store, Itch, or you can just search for it and use it in your web browser. Trying to make it easy here. =) Feel free to share it with others as well. It's no secret anymore if Reddit knows about it. 

All I ask is that if you use it, help make it better. Request features you'd like. Report bugs you see. Together we can make the software that we don't have to complain about anymore and is legit free to everyone! And in that spirit... Just keep writing! =D 

Cheers ~ Michael

Don’t kill me, but I’m a newbie and I honestly don’t know how big the differences are between the US and European industries, so I’ll say upfront that I’m mainly talking about the European market.
My question is: if I write a TV pilot and try to pitch it along with a pitch deck, could that potentially be a way into the TV industry and help me land an entry-level job ?
I’ve already read that first pilots almost never actually make it into production/development, but can they still serve as a calling card or a way to get your foot in the door ?

This is my first script! Use the link to read it and tell me what you think! (working on season two)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1chEiC4DVWqsIJ6yOsFOAZLFJCEnomPUQCeYnwm61II0/edit?usp=drivesdk

Excluding the intro and end credits, is it possible to do that?