Happy Friday! With all of the various awards (Golden Globe, Critics Choice, Oscars) and nominations being handed out this past week, I asked myself what award I would want to win, and whatRead More
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Tips for Writing for TV
Happy Friday! I‘ve been in LA working on a TV show, and what I am seeing is that there is real opportunity to get shows made. Based on the meetingsRead More
Sitcom Success: Revisions and Polish
Congratulations! You’ve completed your first draft—but that’s not what sells. What sells is the polish. To keep your project moving in the right direction, it’s time to make some hardRead More
Sitcom Success: Write Act III
Now it’s time to write Act III. As always, the first step is to review your outline and move the scene beats into your screenplay program. Then start adding theRead More
Sitcom Success: Create Your Beat-by-Beat Outline
Now that you’ve done your synopsis, you’re almost ready to create your beat-by-beat outline, a complete list of the scenes contained in your pilot episode. But before we get toRead More
