The headline's so good that emerging TV writers/screenwriters like myself should get it tattooed: "You're not trying to sell your script. You're using your script to gain access to a closed system." Fantastic reframing, Tony. Great points throughout.
(On the off-chance that a new reader doesn't know Tony's credits, he was a writer-producer on Longmire for 4 seasons--an eternity in TV, created & showran Damnation, and was a Co-EP on The Terror.)
"You're not trying to sell your script. You're using your script to gain access to a closed system." This is an insight that someone who spends a lot of time thinking about things like dramatic goals and subtext would have.
A very useful three-pronged rubric for evaluating the viability of a script. Pairs well with Neil Gaiman's thing about how, as an artist, you should be friendly, you should be on time, and you should be good. Great to be all three, but ultimately you MUST be at least two.
The headline's so good that emerging TV writers/screenwriters like myself should get it tattooed: "You're not trying to sell your script. You're using your script to gain access to a closed system." Fantastic reframing, Tony. Great points throughout.
(On the off-chance that a new reader doesn't know Tony's credits, he was a writer-producer on Longmire for 4 seasons--an eternity in TV, created & showran Damnation, and was a Co-EP on The Terror.)
I love down-to-Earth, sensible advice. This is wonderful. Thanks for sharing.
This, as well, is incredible. Many many many thanks!
"You're not trying to sell your script. You're using your script to gain access to a closed system." This is an insight that someone who spends a lot of time thinking about things like dramatic goals and subtext would have.
A very useful three-pronged rubric for evaluating the viability of a script. Pairs well with Neil Gaiman's thing about how, as an artist, you should be friendly, you should be on time, and you should be good. Great to be all three, but ultimately you MUST be at least two.