TV Outlines: At Home and in the Writers’ Room (PT207‪)‬ Paper Team

Alex and Nick take a look at the outlining process in television writing. Whether you’re working on your own TV sample scripts, or asked to deliver outlines in a writers' room, we dig into everything you should watch out for.



Why is outlining a critical step in television? How do we approach outlines? Have there been times we've decided not to outline? How early in the process do we outline? How do outlines differ between your own work and what is expected in a writers' room? Why has there been a push against outlines by some showrunners?



Content

1 - Outlines in your own work: TV samples, specs, pilots (00:28)

2 - Outlines in a professional environment: TV writers' rooms and pushback (19:21)



Links

From Outline to (First) Draft (PT28)

Twitter thread on TV outlines





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