Writing the Pilot Script That Sells

What makes a television pilot script work as both a story and a sales document

The Dual Function

The television pilot script serves two distinct functions simultaneously: it must be a compelling story that introduces a world and its characters with sufficient momentum to make the viewer want to see the next episode; and it must be a sales document that convinces a development executive to invest in the series. The scripts that succeed at both functions are the scripts that get made.

What Executives Read For

What television development executives read for in a pilot script: a protagonist whose situation creates an engine for ongoing story; a world that is specific enough to be distinctive and flexible enough to sustain story across multiple seasons; and the specific voice of the writer that makes this script sound like no other. The premise is the beginning. The voice is the differentiation.

Screenplay.biz Coverage

Screenplay.biz covers pilot script writing because the pilot is the entry point for the television career of any new series, and the specific skills of pilot writing are distinct enough from other screenplay forms that they deserve specific attention.

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