Television Pilot vs Feature Spec

Why a television pilot is the more effective writing sample in the current market

The Current Market

The television pilot has become the more effective writing sample for the current market: the television industry has expanded dramatically while the feature film industry has contracted, producing more demand for television writing talent and more decision-makers who are evaluating writers for television positions. A television pilot demonstrates the specific skills that television employment requires.

What Each Demonstrates

What a feature spec demonstrates: the ability to write a complete, satisfying story with a beginning, middle, and end; and the ability to write in the voice and style of an established film property. What a television pilot demonstrates: the ability to introduce a world and characters with ongoing story potential; the ability to write a serialized narrative structure; and the ability to produce the specific voice of an original property.

Screenplay.biz Coverage

Screenplay.biz covers the pilot-versus-spec question because the writing sample that a new writer presents to the industry determines the rooms and projects they are considered for, and the decision should be made with an accurate understanding of what each sample demonstrates to the people reading it.

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