Erik | October 29, 2009
Most story (and series) ideas fail at the level of concept. Sad, but true. I’ve learned this the hard way. Of course, “fail” is a harsh word. What I mean is simply that they fail to become something that millions of people would happily pay money to watch or read. Because that is what [...]
Erik | October 11, 2009
I’ll be doing three seminars at this year’s event on Friday, October 16 at the Wilshire Grand Hotel in L.A.: “Addressing Others’ Input on Your Work to Move Your Career Forward,” “Finding and Writing the ‘Story’ in True Stories,” and “Creating and Pitching Series Ideas for Television”… Here are the details…
Erik | October 7, 2009
Here’s something that comes up a lot when I work with writers who have original series ideas, and spend time mapping out multiple episodes, character breakdowns and “show bibles”… If you’re not yet established and not yet represented, your spec pilot is primarily a WRITING SAMPLE. Yes, of course you hope that the idea [...]
Erik | October 2, 2009
To my mind, there are four things a concept has to have for it to really work. The first is, it has to be COMPELLING. By that I mean that we have to CARE about the character(s) and situation — to be emotionally involved, and to stay involved. We want to see what’s going to [...]
