Show don't tell. This is a common mantra for script writers. It's not a bad one either. In fact, it's a rocking good one. "I'm watching this movie/TV show/play, so show me what happens don't tell me!" We - the audience - want to see the conflict. So Show-don't-tell is an admonition against blatant exposition [...]
Month: April 2020
“Does Your TV Pilot Have A Story Engine?”
Some version of this question seems to get asked ... A LOT. No, surprise. After all, the whole point of a TV pilot is that it's the beginning of a TV series, so how's this beginning going to lead to a very very long middle? How's this first script lead to 50 more or 100 [...]
Charlie Lyons Writes 