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Screenwriting
Advice on writing a tv miniseries
I realize that few miniseries are made any more. But some do get made such as TNT's Into The West. My wife and I are being paid to adapt an unpublished novel as a movie. The novelist does not make his living as a writer, but has good connections in the film biz.
The novel is set in a few countries, in past century. We're realizing that there's so much material it would work much better as a miniseries say, 3 episodes, 2 hours each episode. My question is this: should we write every episode before we try to sell it, or just the first episode, with outlines for the other episodes? Or perhaps just write outlines for all episodes?
Btw this is my first visit to the newsgroup since last winter, when AOL stopped carrying newsgroups. That's why I haven't been around.
The novel is set in a few countries, in past century. We're realizing that there's so much material it would work much better as a miniseries say, 3 episodes, 2 hours each episode. My question is this: should we write every episode before we try to sell it, or just the first episode, with outlines for the other episodes? Or perhaps just write outlines for all episodes?
Btw this is my first visit to the newsgroup since last winter, when AOL stopped carrying newsgroups. That's why I haven't been around.
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[nq:1]I realize that few miniseries are made any more. But some do get made such as TNT's Into The ... my first visit to the newsgroup since last winter, when AOL stopped carrying newsgroups.
- [nq:1]I realize that few miniseries are made any more.
- But some do get made such as TNT's Into The ...
- my first visit to the newsgroup since last winter, when AOL stopped carrying newsgroups.
- [/nq] I wouldn't spend a lot of time writing all three scripts.
- The mini-series is competing in a very limited marketplace, If you have representation ask your agent if there might be a place to place it, and test the waters a bit.
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[nq:1]I realize that few miniseries are made any more. But some do get made such as TNT's Into The ... my first visit to the newsgroup since last winter, when AOL stopped carrying newsgroups. That's why I haven't been around.[/nq]
I wouldn't spend a lot of time writing all three scripts.
The mini-series is competing in a very limited marketplace,
If you have representa
I wouldn't spend a lot of time writing all three scripts.
The mini-series is competing in a very limited marketplace,
If you have representa
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@reader2.panix.com:
[nq:1]Btw this is my first visit to the newsgroup since last winter, whenAOL stopped carrying newsgroups. That's why I haven't been around.[/nq]
Subscribe to news.readfreenws.net (free) and use Outlook Express for news.
Now on to the serious stuff.
[nq:1]I realize that few miniseries are made any more. But some do get made such as TNT's Into The ... it, or just
[nq:1]Btw this is my first visit to the newsgroup since last winter, whenAOL stopped carrying newsgroups. That's why I haven't been around.[/nq]
Subscribe to news.readfreenws.net (free) and use Outlook Express for news.
Now on to the serious stuff.
[nq:1]I realize that few miniseries are made any more. But some do get made such as TNT's Into The ... it, or just
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