#scriptchat TOPIC: How does TV writing differ from feature film? How do you break into writing for TV?
This week we welcomed Lisa Holdsworth @WorksWithWords to our EURO chat. She brought us great insight into the world of TV writing. There was no American chat due to the Oscars, but trust me, if I posted the transcript of us drinking while watching the show, you might never return to scriptchat… or you’d return more often ;) @jeannevb
EURO moderator: Mina Zaher, @DreamsGrafter
7:59 pm DreamsGrafter: WELCOME @WorksWithWords to EURO #SCRIPTCHAT to talk about TV Writing. Thanks so much for taking time out to do this. #scriptchat
7:59 pm DreamsGrafter: Hello everyone else, I'm going to ask @WorkWithWords a few Q's but feel free to jump in a get #scriptchat rolling.
7:59 pm jbonnell: @yeah_write Breaking out my Girl Scout cookies. Think Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf is going to kick me out? #scriptchat
7:59 pm DreamsGrafter: Let's learn about TV Writing! #scriptchat
7:59 pm PennyAsh: @yeah_write Now that would be cool :) #scriptchat
8:00 pm DreamsGrafter: RT @PennyAsh Do you write in the breaks for commercial at a predetermined place or is that totally up to the studio? #scriptchat
8:00 pm robertiwataki: Hi. Interesting day for script chat #scriptchat
8:00 pm yeah_write: @jbonnell No shit? I'm eating Girl Scout cookies too. lol #scriptchat
8:00 pm scribe_diatribe: Just about to head over to #scriptchat.... sorry for the flurry of tweets if you're not into scriptwriting!
8:00 pm WorksWithWords: We choose the ad breaks. #scriptchat
8:01 pm jeannevb: EURO #scriptchat time! Racing home fr market...
8:01 pm WorksWithWords: On Emmerdale we looked for a good ad tag or a mini-cliffhanger that would grip people during the ads. #scriptchat
8:01 pm filmutopia: my regular tweeple - I'm just about to enter #scriptchat, a weekly hashtag conversation about screenwriting - sorry for the flood of tweets
8:01 pm WorksWithWords: The ads actually help give your ep structure as you are writing in clear acts. #scriptchat
8:01 pm yeah_write: Is that the norm? RT @WorksWithWords: We choose the ad breaks. #scriptchat
8:02 pm marshbuttrue: #scriptchat A bit late, but any #scriptchat etiquette I should know about quickly?
8:02 pm DreamsGrafter: @PennyAsh Emmerdale is a 30 minute soap opera we have in the UK. One of the longest running ones. #scriptchat
8:02 pm DreamsGrafter: RT @WorksWithWords: The ads actually help give your ep structure as you are writing in clear acts. #scriptchat
8:02 pm PennyAsh: @WorksWithWords Excelent, thanks :) #scriptchat
8:02 pm DreamsGrafter: RT @DreamsGrafter How did you break into television @WorksWithWords? #scriptchat
8:03 pm robertiwataki: RT @filmutopia: my regular tweeple - I'm just about to enter #scriptchat, a weekly hashtag conversation about screenwriting - sorry for the flood of tweets
8:03 pm yeah_write: @marshbuttrue We have a guest today @workswithwords Feel free to ask her questions. She chatting about TV writing. #scriptchat
8:03 pm pattyfantasia: RT @DreamsGrafter: RT @DreamsGrafter How did you break into television @WorksWithWords? #scriptchat
8:03 pm PennyAsh: @DreamsGrafter Interesting, soap opera structure is a lot like book series structure #scriptchat
8:03 pm filmutopia: #scriptchat - this is me listening... I know, how weird is that?
8:04 pm authorViviAnna: #scriptchat what's the topic today?
8:04 pm DreamsGrafter: I'm writing a TV spec script and am finding writing to three ad breaks helps me focus on the structure too. #scriptchat
8:04 pm Sofluid: RT @DreamsGrafter: Let's learn about TV Writing! #scriptchat is taking place now! Why not join in?
8:04 pm yeah_write: @WorksWithWords I guess I expected that you worked around the ad breaks, not the other way around. Interesting. #scriptchat
8:04 pm yeah_write: lmao RT @filmutopia: #scriptchat - this is me listening... I know, how weird is that? #scriptchat
8:05 pm DreamsGrafter: When I reached the end of pt 1, I realised that that although there was a cliff hanger there was no clear turning point. #scriptchat
8:05 pm WorksWithWords: I was working with Kay Mellor?s son-in-law at a factual TV company. I asked her to read a script of mine. #scriptchat
8:05 pm WorksWithWords: She read it and gave me a really tough edit on it. Still, she must have seen something. #scriptchat
8:05 pm chained: #scriptchat is it easier to get work as #screenwriter in #tv than in #Hollywood #movie #industry ? & why r #USA #sitcoms so #dumbeddown ?
8:05 pm robertiwataki: I love the TV format. It's broken up into 4 or 5 acts wonderfully. Some truly great work is done in it. #scriptchat
8:05 pm WorksWithWords: 6 months later she asked me to write a trial for Playing The Field. She liked it but I was too inexperienced to get the job. #scriptchat
8:06 pm DreamsGrafter: Kay Mellor is a TV writer over here who is responsible for quite a few of her own TV dramas. #scriptchat
8:06 pm WorksWithWords: Another 6 months and she offered me a job as her PA/Dogsbody. Whilst I was doing that she started writing Fat Friends 2 #scriptchat
8:06 pm WorksWithWords: I pitched an idea for an episode and a new family and she commissioned me. And sacked me as her PA! #scriptchat
8:06 pm WorksWithWords: After that, I was able to get the job at Emmerdale and the rest is history! #scriptchat
8:06 pm DreamsGrafter: Your voice I bet! RT @WorksWithWords: She read it and gave me a really tough edit on it. Still, she must have seen something. #scriptchat
8:06 pm ganymeder: RT @Alex_Carrick: As Oscar warm-ups, #writechat today 3 pm to 6 pm and #scriptchat
8:07 pm yeah_write: lol great RT @WorksWithWords: I pitched an idea for an episode and new family and she commissioned me. And sacked me as her PA! #scriptchat
8:07 pm DreamsGrafter: RT @DreamsGrafter What's the difference in writing action/description for TV, compared to film. Esp. in relation to pace? #Scriptchat
8:08 pm jbonnell: Best way to get sacked. RT @WorksWithWords: I pitched an idea for an episode and she commissioned me...sacked me as her PA! #scriptchat
8:08 pm WorksWithWords: @DreamsGrafter My chutzpah too! #scriptchat
8:08 pm WorksWithWords: I?ve never written a film, but there is an unwritten TV rule about not dictating shots and angles. #scriptchat
8:08 pm WorksWithWords: My stage directions tend to set tone and mood, as well as specific action. And I keep character descriptions v. short. #scriptchat
8:09 pm DreamsGrafter: HA! :D RT @WorksWithWords: @DreamsGrafter My chutzpah too! #scriptchat
8:09 pm WorksWithWords: But I try to keep things succinct and to the point. There isn?t time/money in TV for huge set ups and intricate props/locations #scriptchat
8:09 pm yeah_write: @WorksWithWords Did you always want to work in TV? #scriptchat
8:09 pm jeannevb: unpacking groceries while learning TV writing via @workswithwords on today's EURO #scriptchat
8:09 pm robertiwataki: @DreamsGrafter It's all about page count. There's not much difference between the two. You keep them short and effective. #scriptchat
8:09 pm WorksWithWords: TV writing is about pragmatism and working with what you?ve got. No room for divas! #scriptchat
8:09 pm momentsoffilm: Hello all at #scriptchat :)
8:09 pm DreamsGrafter: RT @WorksWithWords: But I try to keep things succinct and to the point. There isn?t time/money in TV for huge set ups and intricate props/locations #scriptchat
8:09 pm filmutopia: @WorksWithWords it's the same with movies #scriptchat rule one: don't tell the director how to do their job! LOL
8:09 pm WorksWithWords: However, I had to change my style for Robin Hood as I had to be quite specific for the fight sequences #scriptchat
8:10 pm WorksWithWords: So, that involved a lot of fake sword-fighting in my office! Hope the neighbours didn?t see! #scriptchat
8:10 pm PennyAsh: @WorksWithWords So pretty much just set the scene and give the dialog and action, leave the details to the director #scriptchat
8:11 pm DreamsGrafter: That's interesting! RT @WorksWithWords I had to change my style for Robin Hood. Had to be quite specific 4 the fight sequences #scriptchat
8:12 pm naultpullar: Hello! #scriptchat
8:12 pm WorksWithWords: @PennyAsh That's right, but still be aware that "if it's not on the page, it's not the stage" #scriptchat
8:12 pm scribe_diatribe: Errr... I have an idea for a TV series... how many episodes should I write before a pitch? #scriptchat
8:13 pm robertiwataki: @scribe_diatribe You don't actually write the scripts. You would write synopses for the Bible. You are paid to write scripts #scriptchat
8:13 pm PennyAsh: @WorksWithWords I'm on the right track then, woot :) #scriptchat
8:13 pm WorksWithWords: @scribe_diatribe No more than one! That's all that will get read. And make it a f-ing corker! #scriptchat
8:13 pm DreamsGrafter: Pilot and bible??? RT @scribe_diatribe: I have an idea for a TV series... how many episodes should I write before a pitch? #scriptchat
8:13 pm yeah_write: @scribe_diatribe You may want to write for another series first, to establish yourself. Then pitch series when you've proved... #scriptchat
8:14 pm yeah_write: Woohoo. Love to know that. RT @PennyAsh: @WorksWithWords Im on the right track then, woot :) #scriptchat
8:14 pm scribe_diatribe: Of course! lol RT make it a f-ing corker! #scriptchat
8:15 pm DreamsGrafter: @thewritertype Hi Paul - don't forget to add #scriptchat to include your tweet in the thread. #scriptchat
8:15 pm WorksWithWords: @yeah_write That's right. In the UK market no-one is interested in unproven writers. Sad but true. #scriptchat
8:15 pm yeah_write: @PennyAsh I didn't know you were interested in TV writing. I thought it was just @rachlanger #scriptchat
8:15 pm thewritertype: @WorksWithWords writing film and TV, learned to ask: what can THIS medium do better than any other? TV: intimacy? #scriptchat
8:15 pm PennyAsh: @yeah_write Me too :) now to get over the what to leave in or take out stuff lol #scriptchat
8:15 pm scribe_diatribe: @yeah_write yep... of course the difficulty is always getting that foot through the door... although not in my mouth! :) #scriptchat
8:15 pm filmutopia: @WorksWithWords Would I be right in saying that TV drama is largely about character's relationships as opposed to plot driven? #scriptchat
8:15 pm DreamsGrafter: RT @WorksWithWords: @yeah_write That's right. In the UK market no-one is interested in unproven writers. Sad but true. #scriptchat
8:16 pm marshbuttrue: As Tony Jordan has said, it's the insulting truth that nobody cares until you've got a break, then they all come knocking #scriptchat
8:16 pm jeannevb: @yeah_write that @pennyash is multitalented... she does it all. Just ask the cowboys ;) #scriptchat
8:16 pm DreamsGrafter: RT @filmutopia: @WorksWithWords Would I be right in saying that TV drama is largely about character's relationships as opposed to plot driven? #scriptchat
8:16 pm filmutopia: @DreamsGrafter I just did that! Forgot to hashtag! Ha! #scriptchat
8:16 pm yeah_write: @scribe_diatribe Ha! I'm usually switching feet, and not in the door. lol #scriptchat
8:16 pm PennyAsh: @yeah_write I like the idea of a series with the same characters #scriptchat
8:17 pm WorksWithWords: @thewritertype Intimacy and the chance to develop characters until they are so rounded you feel like you know 'em. #scriptchat
8:17 pm jeannevb: @filmutopia if u do chat via http://tweetchat.com/room/scriptchat the hashtag automatically gets added #scriptchat
8:17 pm jbonnell: @WorksWithWords (ie. experience) same in the US,BUT you can pitch to a known show runner here and get them on board. Same in UK? #scriptchat
8:17 pm yeah_write: @WorksWithWords Are there any books you'd recommend to writers, about figuring out the TV industry? #scriptchat
8:17 pm momentsoffilm: @DreamsGrafter I just did that! Forgot to hashtag! Ha! #scriptchat (via @filmutopia) - Ha! Me too!
8:17 pm PennyAsh: @jeannevb LOL my cowboys don't kiss and tell :D #scriptchat
8:17 pm DreamsGrafter: @robertiwataki: @scribe_diatribe Shouldn't you have to write at least one episode? The first one? esp. if you're a new writer. #scriptchat
8:18 pm DreamsGrafter: RT @jeannevb: @filmutopia if u do chat via http://tweetchat.com/room/scriptchat the hashtag automatically gets added #scriptchat
8:18 pm hashtager: # @DreamsGrafter I just did that! Forgot to hashtag! Ha! #scriptchat (via @filmutopia) - Ha! Me too!
8:18 pm hashtager: # @filmutopia if u do chat via http://tweetchat.com/room/scriptchat the hashtag automatically gets added #scriptchat
8:18 pm scribe_diatribe: So good series to write for....? of course Doctors... any others that take on 'new' or rather FRESH writers ;) #scriptchat
8:18 pm WorksWithWords: @DreamsGrafter Mostly. The soaps are. Genre drama (sci-fi/adventure) is abit more plot-driven. But good characters are good TV. #scriptchat
8:18 pm yeah_write: @jbonnell Pitch to a show runner to get on his show, or to get your own? #scriptchat
8:18 pm purelycarrie: RT @PennyAsh: @WorksWithWords So pretty much just set the scene and give the dialog and action, leave the details to the director #scriptchat
8:18 pm filmutopia: @jeannevb pimp! #scriptchat
8:19 pm DreamsGrafter: @yeah_write I'm reading How to Write for Television by William Smethurst. It's has a pragmatic approach. #scriptchat
8:19 pm PennyAsh: @WorksWithWords @yeah_write Same in publishing, easier to get published one you manage to break in #scriptchat
8:19 pm naultpullar: Film can create intimacy. It just depends on how the story is told. #scriptchat
8:19 pm jbonnell: @yeah_write Pitch to a known showrunner to get him to showrun your show. You need that clout. #scriptchat
8:19 pm purelycarrie: @DreamsGrafter @PennyAsh What's the subject for #scriptchat?
8:19 pm DreamsGrafter: RT @WorksWithWords: @DreamsGrafter Mostly. The soaps are. Genre drama (sci-fi/adventure) is abit more plot-driven. But good characters are good TV. #scriptchat
8:19 pm WorksWithWords: @jbonnell We don't really have show runners. You're usually pitching to script editors and producers. Especially on BBC shows. #scriptchat
8:20 pm PennyAsh: @purelycarrie Writing for TV with @WorksWithWiords #scriptchat
8:20 pm yeah_write: @DreamsGrafter And Lee Goldberg? I have that book. I've had a long talk with Lee about TV writing, but years ago. #scriptchat
8:20 pm WorksWithWords: @jbonnell Although there are some exception and I hope the system will become "americanized". I wanna be a showrunner! #scriptchat.
8:20 pm thewritertype: @WorksWithWords True; I ended up caring more about some characters in The Wire than about many of my friends. #scriptchat
8:20 pm DreamsGrafter: RT @marshbuttrue: As Tony Jordan has said, it's the insulting truth that nobody cares until you've got a break, then they all come knocking #scriptchat
8:21 pm scribe_diatribe: @WorksWithWords So... send a spec script of any show to a script editor of a show you'd like to write for? #scriptchat
8:21 pm stoner43: @zacsanford i'll wager lunch. your url is broken though.... #scriptchat #oscars
8:21 pm yeah_write: @WorksWithWords A show runner is just another name for the exec producer that runs the show. #scriptchat
8:21 pm DreamsGrafter: @marshbuttrue Hello and welcome! :) #scriptchat
8:21 pm WorksWithWords: @yeah_write Not really. I recommend watching loads of telly! #scriptchat
8:21 pm jbonnell: @WorksWithWords (ie. exceptions) Russell T Davies! #scriptchat
8:22 pm DreamsGrafter: @yeah_write Will check that one out, thanks! #scriptchat (Lee Goldberg's book on TV Writing)
8:22 pm WorksWithWords: @scribe_diatribe The soaps occasionally take writers on as storyliners. You just have to keep asking. #scriptchat
8:22 pm yeah_write: @scribe_diatribe Actually you want to send a script of another similar show. #scriptchat
8:22 pm yeah_write: Not a problem. lol RT @WorksWithWords: @yeah_write Not really. I recommend watching loads of telly! #scriptchat
8:22 pm yeah_write: @WorksWithWords What is a storyliner? #scriptchat
8:22 pm DreamsGrafter: RT @WorksWithWords: @yeah_write Not really. I recommend watching loads of telly! #scriptchat
8:23 pm marshbuttrue: @dreamsgrafter Hiya! Recognise your little picture thing from ukwriters! #scriptchat
8:23 pm scribe_diatribe: @yeah_write Yeah.... I heard that... but apparently don't send a spec of the actually show... that doesn't work so well... #scriptchat
8:23 pm yeah_write: @DreamsGrafter No, Lee is the cowriter on the book you mentioned. At least I think that's the same one I have. #scriptchat
8:23 pm WorksWithWords: @thewritertype I feel like I lived with Buffy, Willow and Xander! #scriptchat
8:23 pm EitherOrFilms: Hi #scriptchat ~just listening in & enjoying writers talking! And adding you all to my writers list... :)
8:23 pm Sofluid: RT @DreamsGrafter: @yeah_write I'm reading How to Write for Television by William Smethurst #scriptchat I recommend that one!
8:24 pm DreamsGrafter: At BBC Drama Q&A, they were interested in the writer having something to say rather than knowing about structure, initially. #scriptchat
8:24 pm yeah_write: @scribe_diatribe Right, because you'll never get the characters close enough to the real thing. Does that make sense? #scriptchat
8:24 pm WorksWithWords: @scribe_diatribe Not a spec script - not in the UK. Send an original piece of your own. #scriptchat
8:24 pm DreamsGrafter: Awesome! RT @WorksWithWords: @thewritertype I feel like I lived with Buffy, Willow and Xander! #scriptchat
8:24 pm JLichtenberg: RT @PennyAsh: @jeannevb LOL my cowboys don't kiss and tell :D #scriptchat
8:24 pm scribe_diatribe: @yeah_write Yes... that's exactly what I was told :) #scriptchat
8:24 pm momentsoffilm: I'd be interested to know, if one were to adapt a film screenplay for TV what the main differences would be? #scriptchat
8:25 pm yeah_write: If I wrote one word for every writing book I have, I'd have a damn long script. #scriptchat
8:25 pm DreamsGrafter: @marshbuttrue Ha ha, yes. I recognise your pic too. ET always and forever. ;) Hope you're enjoying #scriptchat
8:25 pm jeannevb: @filmutopia o #scriptchat
8:25 pm WorksWithWords: @yeah_write Not exactly. In this country execs tend not be writers. Especially at teh BBC. (which is a problem IMHO) #scriptchat
8:25 pm yeah_write: RT @momentsoffilm: Id be interested to know, if one were to adapt a film screenplay for TV what the main differences would be? #scriptchat
8:25 pm mjodirector: RT @DreamsGrafter: Awesome! RT @WorksWithWords: @thewritertype I feel like I lived with Buffy, Willow and Xander! #scriptchat
8:25 pm filmutopia: #scriptchat - sorry guys... I've got to step out for the rest of this session. @WorksWithWords thanks for sharing your experience
8:25 pm DreamsGrafter: @WorksWithWords is doing an amazing job with tonight's #scriptchat. Thanks so much Lisa!
8:26 pm julianfriedmann: I have been commissioned with Chris Walker of the MATV to write new book on writing for television: #scriptchat
8:26 pm jeannevb: @filmutopia just luring at #scriptchat today, as I'm not pursuing tv writing at this pt. In US, need to live in either NYC or LA for that
8:26 pm DreamsGrafter: @filmutopia See you later Clive. Thanks for joining in. #scriptchat
8:26 pm JLichtenberg: RT @DreamsGrafter: Pilot and bible??? RT @scribe_diatribe: I have an idea for a TV series... how many episodes should I write before a pitch? #scriptchat
8:26 pm julianfriedmann: @WorksWithWords British TV writing will not become Americanised since we cannot afford to pay multiple writers #scriptchat
8:26 pm DreamsGrafter: RT @julianfriedmann: I have been commissioned with Chris Walker of the MATV to write new book on writing for television: #scriptchat
8:27 pm WorksWithWords: @yeah_write On soaps, the storyliners take the stories pitched by the script writers and break them across the epsodes. #scriptchat
8:27 pm robertiwataki: @jeannevb Sad but true... :-( #scriptchat
8:27 pm momentsoffilm: RT @DreamsGrafter: @WorksWithWords is doing an amazing job with tonights #scriptchat. Thanks so much Lisa! #scriptchat
8:27 pm julianfriedmann: In UK (and Europe) we can afford (and do eg Corrie) team development, not team writing #scriptchat
8:27 pm DreamsGrafter: @julianfriedmann Awesome Julian. Let us know when it's published and we'll spread the word. #scriptchat
8:27 pm WorksWithWords: @yeah_write They do the donkey work! #scriptchat
8:27 pm Sofluid: RT @julianfriedmann: I have been commissioned to write new book on writing for television: #scriptchat Congrats Julian! Look forward to it!
8:27 pm marshbuttrue: @julianfriedmann That's great news! There's a massive absence of good UK-based TV writing books #scriptchat
8:28 pm DreamsGrafter: RT @julianfriedmann: @WorksWithWords British TV writing will not become Americanised since we cannot afford to pay multiple writers #scriptchat
8:28 pm yeah_write: @WorksWithWords So storyliners sort of make the long term outline for where the show is going? #scriptchat
8:28 pm mjodirector: RT @filmutopia: @jeannevb pimp! #scriptchat
8:28 pm WorksWithWords: @julianfriedmann Too true. #scriptchat
8:28 pm momentsoffilm: RT @julianfriedmann: In UK (and Europe) we can afford (and do eg Corrie) team development, not team writing #scriptchat
8:28 pm yeah_write: ROFLMAO RT @WorksWithWords: @yeah_write They do the donkey work! #scriptchat
8:28 pm julianfriedmann: Re Teamwriting members of TwelvePoint check out Jayne Kirkham's article - put teamwriting into search box http://bit.ly/LWZEO #scriptchat
8:28 pm yeah_write: Hey, I'm good at donkey work. lol RT @WorksWithWords: @yeah_write They do the donkey work! #scriptchat
8:29 pm jeannevb: @robertiwataki but that's episodic TV, not a TV film ;) #scriptchat
8:29 pm DreamsGrafter: @jeannevb Is that because writers have to work in offices over there? ... i.e. writing teams? #scriptchat
8:29 pm JLichtenberg: RT @PennyAsh: @WorksWithWords So pretty much just set the scene and give the dialog and action, leave the details to the director #scriptchat
8:29 pm jeannevb: she can shoot raccoons 2 ;) RT @yeah_write: Hey, Im good at donkey work RT @WorksWithWords: @yeah_write They do the donkey work! #scriptchat
8:30 pm thewritertype: @WorksWithWords Now, for TV drama series, is it best to go through a production company or direct to broadcaster? #scriptchat
8:30 pm WorksWithWords: @yeah_write Yeah, they work out what story beats need to go in each ep and look at the shape of teh stories across th week/month #scriptchat
8:30 pm robertiwataki: @jeannevb Ha! Very true. Sadly the TV Movie isn't as popular as it once was. #scriptchat
8:30 pm DreamsGrafter: RT @WorksWithWords: @scribe_diatribe Not a spec script - not in the UK. Send an original piece of your own. #scriptchat
8:30 pm WorksWithWords: @yeah_write You need to be. I did a month in teh Emmerdale story office. Loved it but it broke me! #scriptchat
8:30 pm jeannevb: @DreamsGrafter yes, teams. U need to be in office for episodic television #scriptchat
8:30 pm scribe_diatribe: I wonder if that's why American shows are often better written? More writing input to help with problems...? Ooh can of worms! #scriptchat
8:30 pm julianfriedmann: @JLichtenberg Fot TV series pitch do episode 3 and short paras for at least 6 eps (in UK). Avoid ep 1 first, most difficult #scriptchat
8:30 pm JLichtenberg: RT @yeah_write: @scribe_diatribe Actually you want to send a script of another similar show. #scriptchat
8:31 pm DreamsGrafter: scribe_diatribe It'll be hard for execs to establish your writing style/voice from a spec script based on an existing programme. #scriptchat
8:31 pm iscamedia: RT @yeah_write: If I wrote one word for every writing book I have, I'd have a damn long script. #scriptchat
8:31 pm yeah_write: @WorksWithWords Can I hop across the pond and come work there? #scriptchat
8:31 pm JLichtenberg: RT @yeah_write: @WorksWithWords What is a storyliner? #scriptchat
8:31 pm jbonnell: @robertiwataki (TV movie) sure is, just not on the networks, but the cable guys love them still (SyFy, Lifetime, TNT, etc). #scriptchat
8:31 pm DreamsGrafter: scribe_diatribe But it's different in the US. #scriptchat
8:31 pm naultpullar: It's been interesting reading everyone's posts but homework calls! Have a good day! #scriptchat
8:31 pm JLichtenberg: RT @scribe_diatribe: @yeah_write Yeah.... I heard that... but apparently don't send a spec of the actually show... that doesn't work so well... #scriptchat
8:31 pm scribe_diatribe: @julianfriedmann Wow... INTERESTING!!! I was working on Ep.1!! lol #scriptchat
8:31 pm WorksWithWords: @thewritertype Depends. You might want to find a prod co that specialises in your genre/subject matter/style... #scriptchat
8:32 pm DreamsGrafter: RT @julianfriedmann: @JLichtenberg Fot TV series pitch do episode 3 and short paras for at least 6 eps (in UK). Avoid ep 1 first, most difficult #scriptchat
8:32 pm julianfriedmann: @scribe_diatribe Teamwriting def improves scripts; egos left outside door; all for one etc. + lead writer v powerful = producer #scriptchat
8:32 pm scribe_diatribe: @yeah_write Let's do a 'writers exchange'.... I'd like to go to LA or NY please! :) #scriptchat
8:32 pm WorksWithWords: @thewritertype But the BBC does read everything. Which is why they are painfully slow! #scriptchat
8:32 pm marshbuttrue: Difficult call on 'start with the pilot' or 'start with a random middle episode'. Lots of people have contradiction views! #scriptchat
8:32 pm JLichtenberg: RT @WorksWithWords: @yeah_write Yeah, they work out what story beats need to go in each ep and look at the shape of teh stories across th week/month #scriptchat
8:33 pm JLichtenberg: RT @thewritertype: @WorksWithWords Now, for TV drama series, is it best to go through a production company or direct to broadcaster? #scriptchat
8:33 pm WorksWithWords: @deanlines It hones your other skills. And you're still using your voise. At least you should be. #scriptchat
8:33 pm DreamsGrafter: RT @julianfriedmann: @scribe_diatribe Teamwriting def improves scripts; egos left outside door; all for one etc. + lead writer v powerful = producer #scriptchat
8:33 pm DreamsGrafter: RT @WorksWithWords: @thewritertype But the BBC does read everything. Which is why they are painfully slow! #scriptchat
8:33 pm yeah_write: @jbonnell Sure, there are more movies on TV now, with the channels airing only TV movies. #scriptchat
8:33 pm jeannevb: @robertiwataki Valarie Bertenelli shld bring em back haha #scriptchat
8:33 pm julianfriedmann: @scribe_diatribe Ep 1 needs setup of characters, milieu, tone + strong storyline = v difficult. Best write ep 1 last #scriptchat
8:33 pm JLichtenberg: RT @WorksWithWords: @scribe_diatribe Not a spec script - not in the UK. Send an original piece of your own. #scriptchat
8:34 pm WorksWithWords: @yeah_write Well, there's a n Aussie in the Emmerdale office at the mo. Why not an American cousin? #scriptchat
8:34 pm scribe_diatribe: @julianfriedmann Yep that makes sense.... thanks! :) #scriptchat
8:35 pm WorksWithWords: @deanlines Still, it's nice to get back toyour own characters. Which I get to write on New Tricks because I devise the stories. #scriptchat
8:35 pm julianfriedmann: @marshbuttrue Pilot as backdoor is a good way: 90 mins standalone setting up the series can get bought as a TV movie #scriptchat
8:35 pm JLichtenberg: RT @julianfriedmann: I have been commissioned with Chris Walker of the MATV to write new book on writing for television: #scriptchat
8:35 pm WorksWithWords: New Tricks is the BBC police procedural I write on. #scriptchat
8:35 pm julianfriedmann: @JLichtenberg I would go to produc company bec if go to broadcaster who reject you have to tell indep producers #scriptchat
8:35 pm yeah_write: @WorksWithWords Where is my passport and work visa? I'm so there. lol I can do grunt work, I'm self-employed so I'm good at it. #scriptchat
8:35 pm JLichtenberg: RT @jeannevb: @filmutopia just luring at #scriptchat today, as I'm not pursuing tv writing at this pt. In US, need to live in either NYC or LA for that
8:35 pm scribe_diatribe: So... errr... could you send a 'bit' of a film script to show your 'voice'... would that work? #scriptchat
8:36 pm JLichtenberg: RT @julianfriedmann: @WorksWithWords British TV writing will not become Americanised since we cannot afford to pay multiple writers #scriptchat
8:36 pm DreamsGrafter: @julianfriedmann: @scribe_diatribe I'm writing a 1st ep. It is very difficult but it's also helped me focus on world/story/chars #scriptchat
8:36 pm JLichtenberg: RT @WorksWithWords: @yeah_write On soaps, the storyliners take the stories pitched by the script writers and break them across the epsodes. #scriptchat
8:36 pm WorksWithWords: @scribe_diatribe Sure. My first calling card script was a film. #scriptchat
8:37 pm julianfriedmann: @WorksWithWords New Tricks is a great show: quirky warm characters and clever mysteries. Best mystery show on air in my opinion #scriptchat
8:37 pm thewritertype: @marshbuttrue Just start with something they can't stop reading. They'll find out what episode it is when they finish.#scriptchat
8:37 pm JLichtenberg: RT @yeah_write: @WorksWithWords So storyliners sort of make the long term outline for where the show is going? #scriptchat
8:37 pm DreamsGrafter: @scribe_diatribe Yes, as a sample of writing. Definitely. #scriptchat
8:37 pm purelycarrie: @PennyAsh Thank You. It seems writing for tv is totally different than scripts. no? #scriptchat
8:38 pm JLichtenberg: RT @jeannevb: @robertiwataki but that's episodic TV, not a TV film ;) #scriptchat
8:38 pm julianfriedmann: @scribe_diatribe Calling card scripts should be original to show voice: but have spec eps of 1 or 2 existing shows too #scriptchat
8:38 pm WorksWithWords: @julianfriedmann Thank you! I love working on it. Just finished my ninth ep! #scriptchat
8:38 pm JLichtenberg: RT @jeannevb: @DreamsGrafter yes, teams. U need to be in office for episodic television #scriptchat
8:38 pm julianfriedmann: Synopsis for your show shd be written visually and in the present tense; makes it easier to see it while reading: broad strokes #scriptchat
8:39 pm scribe_diatribe: @julianfriedmann cool... better get writing then! lol #scriptchat
8:39 pm JLichtenberg: RT @julianfriedmann: @JLichtenberg Fot TV series pitch do episode 3 and short paras for at least 6 eps (in UK). Avoid ep 1 first, most difficult #scriptchat
8:39 pm DreamsGrafter: @purelycarrie Hi Carrie, yes, very different. The audience can flick the channel anytime so it's all about keeping them hooked. #scriptchat
8:39 pm jeannevb: lurking today but lovely want to shout out to our GUEST @WorksWithWords for her wonderful insight to TV writing #scriptchat
8:39 pm JLichtenberg: RT @DreamsGrafter: scribe_diatribe It'll be hard for execs to establish your writing style/voice from a spec script based on an existing programme. #scriptchat
8:40 pm DreamsGrafter: @purelycarrie So action and pace has to be immediate and constantly moving forward. #scriptchat
8:40 pm scribe_diatribe: When's it on?? RT @WorksWithWords: @julianfriedmann Thank you! I love working on it. Just finished my ninth ep! #scriptchat
8:40 pm julianfriedmann: @WorksWithWords Well done. New Tricks is also a comedy which is why I believe it stands the test of time. #scriptchat
8:40 pm JLichtenberg: RT @jbonnell: @robertiwataki (TV movie) sure is, just not on the networks, but the cable guys love them still (SyFy, Lifetime, TNT, etc). #scriptchat
8:40 pm scribe_diatribe: Too right! :) RT @jeannevb: want to shout out to our GUEST @WorksWithWords for her wonderful insight to TV writing #scriptchat
8:40 pm JLichtenberg: RT @scribe_diatribe: @julianfriedmann Wow... INTERESTING!!! I was working on Ep.1!! lol #scriptchat
8:41 pm JLichtenberg: RT @WorksWithWords: @thewritertype Depends. You might want to find a prod co that specialises in your genre/subject matter/style... #scriptchat
8:41 pm JLichtenberg: RT @julianfriedmann: @scribe_diatribe Teamwriting def improves scripts; egos left outside door; all for one etc. + lead writer v powerful = producer #scriptchat
8:41 pm DreamsGrafter: RT @scribe_diatribe: Too right! :) RT @jeannevb: want to shout out to our GUEST @WorksWithWords for her wonderful insight to TV writing #scriptchat
8:42 pm WorksWithWords: @julianfriedmann But a great hybrid where we can tackle dark subjects and still have teh laughs. #scriptchat
8:42 pm yeah_write: She's awesome. RT @jeannevb: ... lovely want to shout out to our GUEST @WorksWithWords for her wonderful insight to TV writing #scriptchat
8:43 pm WorksWithWords: Really enjoying this! #scriptchat
8:43 pm JLichtenberg: RT @julianfriedmann: Synopsis for your show shd be written visually and in the present tense; makes it easier to see it while reading: broad strokes #scriptchat
8:43 pm yeah_write: @DreamsGrafter I didn't know you were interested in TV writing too. I'm learning about people as well today. Sweet. #scriptchat
8:43 pm DreamsGrafter: I've hit the overwrite button. Don't know how to switch it off. Can't RT and comment - there's lots I'm agree with. #scriptchat
8:43 pm glowmoment: RT @yeah_write: She's awesome. RT @jeannevb: ... lovely want to shout out to our GUEST @WorksWithWords for her wonderful insight to TV writing #scriptchat
8:43 pm JLichtenberg: RT @julianfriedmann: @scribe_diatribe Calling card scripts should be original to show voice: but have spec eps of 1 or 2 existing shows too #scriptchat
8:44 pm DreamsGrafter: Such as what a great job @WorksWithWords is doing! #scriptchat
8:44 pm julianfriedmann: @WorksWithWords Hybrids difficult but capture wider audience. Comedy known as unifier of eg male and females #scriptchat
8:44 pm scribe_diatribe: So... I hear that shows aren't sold to US unless a certain number of episodes... should UK writers write with that in mind? #scriptchat
8:44 pm DreamsGrafter: @marshbuttrue No time to stop! It's go go go ... ;) #scriptchat
8:44 pm JLichtenberg: RT @jeannevb: lurking today but lovely want to shout out to our GUEST @WorksWithWords for her wonderful insight to TV writing #scriptchat
8:44 pm purelycarrie: @DreamsGrafter Hi Mina, yes, very different. The auidience can flick the channel anytime so it's all about keeping them hooked. #scriptchat
8:44 pm yeah_write: @WorksWithWords See I could work in UK without having to learn a new language. Only a few new words. Need to have a talk with DH #scriptchat
8:44 pm Sofluid: @WorksWithWords #scriptchat <3 New tricks! I'm guessing the next series will be on soon? 'Cause the last one is being repeated at the mo :)
8:45 pm JLichtenberg: RT @julianfriedmann: @WorksWithWords Well done. New Tricks is also a comedy which is why I believe it stands the test of time. #scriptchat
8:45 pm jbonnell: @scribe_diatribe Shows don't go into syndication (US, UK, anywhere) unless a certain number of episodes get hit. #scriptchat
8:45 pm DreamsGrafter: @purelycarrie Just like the adverts ... TV is designed to keep the audience entertained and in their armchairs ... ;) #scriptchat
8:46 pm julianfriedmann: @scribe_diatribe Don't aim a UK show at US market; just make it work v well in UK and keep share of changed format rights #scriptchat
8:46 pm PennyAsh: @purelycarrie I think it's kind of like the difference between novels and short stories #scriptchat
8:46 pm JLichtenberg: RT @WorksWithWords: @julianfriedmann But a great hybrid where we can tackle dark subjects and still have teh laughs. #scriptchat
8:46 pm purelycarrie: @DreamsGrafter So action and pace has to be immediate and constantly moving forward. #scriptchat #hardwork and thanks ...
8:46 pm scribe_diatribe: @jbonnell isn't it a limit of 12? Or it could be more... probably something to do with how 'schedules' are worked out in US? #scriptchat
8:46 pm DreamsGrafter: RT @scribe_diatribe: So... I hear that shows aren't sold to US unless a certain number of episodes... should UK writers write with that in mind? #scriptchat
8:46 pm JLichtenberg: RT @WorksWithWords: Really enjoying this! #scriptchat
8:46 pm DreamsGrafter: RT @WorksWithWords: Really enjoying this! #scriptchat
8:46 pm WorksWithWords: @scribe_diatribe ...they were distictly British in my opinion. #scriptchat
8:46 pm JLichtenberg: RT @yeah_write: @DreamsGrafter I didn't know you were interested in TV writing too. I'm learning about people as well today. Sweet. #scriptchat
8:47 pm julianfriedmann: In Uk access shows disappearing so BBC Writers Academy becomes more important and gobbles up gigs for the rest #scriptchat
8:47 pm JLichtenberg: RT @DreamsGrafter: I've hit the overwrite button. Don't know how to switch it off. Can't RT and comment - there's lots I'm agree with. #scriptchat
8:47 pm rachlanger: @yeah_write @pennyash @nopantsisland TV writers FTW! #scriptchat
8:47 pm DreamsGrafter: @yeah_write Yes, would love to write for TV! Writing a spec script now which I'll be sending out ... #scriptchat
8:47 pm JLichtenberg: RT @julianfriedmann: @WorksWithWords Hybrids difficult but capture wider audience. Comedy known as unifier of eg male and females #scriptchat
8:48 pm purelycarrie: @DreamsGrafter Just like the adverts ... TV is designed to keep the audience entertained and in their armchairs ... ;) #scriptchat
8:48 pm julianfriedmann: Good way to jump queue is MA in scriptwriting esp De Montfort, only one in TV writing with heavy industry contacts #scriptchat
8:48 pm marshbuttrue: @julianfriedmann There's always Doctors, but I guess that's the same old Writersroom submission game #scriptchat
8:48 pm WorksWithWords: @julianfriedmann Have to say, I'm concerned about BBC proiducing 'cookie cutter' writers. #scriptchat
8:48 pm scribe_diatribe: @julianfriedmann let's hope the new 'saved' money will help develop new drama and original content! :) #scriptchat
8:48 pm DreamsGrafter: @yeah_write I think there's nothing better than getting into ppl's homes, entertaining them and provoking thouoght. #scriptchat
8:48 pm purelycarrie: @PennyAsh I think it's kind of like the difference between novels and short stories #scriptchat >>>> cool
8:48 pm julianfriedmann: Most writers' first TV gigs are on other shows wh is why calling card scripts must be so good and carefully chosen #scriptchat
8:49 pm jbonnell: @scribe_diatribe Syndication usually hits around 100 eps. A run on BBCA from a BBC show is about a season (13 eps). #scriptchat
8:49 pm yeah_write: @DreamsGrafter I have a lot to learn before trying a spec script. But I'd love to be a staff writer for the crazy experience. #scriptchat
8:50 pm yeah_write: Paul Haggis has a great interview on Dialogues where he talks about being a staff writer. Crazy life. #scriptchat
8:50 pm DreamsGrafter: @yeah_write What kind of shows would you like to write for? #scriptchat
8:50 pm WorksWithWords: Even estab. writers need good original calling card scripts. I'm about to go away and write a new one. Your voice does develop. #scriptchat
8:50 pm JLichtenberg: RT @julianfriedmann: @JLichtenberg I'd go to produc company bec if go to broadcaster who reject you have to tell indie producers #scriptchat
8:50 pm julianfriedmann: @WorksWithWords Academy saves them money, the scripts require fewer rewrites, delivered on time etc: Some will rise above it: #scriptchat
8:51 pm jbonnell: @scribe_diatribe (BBCA from BBC) that also might deal with first run deals on BBC, etc, though. #scriptchat
8:51 pm yeah_write: @DreamsGrafter Well I'm not funny, so I'd like to write one hour drama, or MOW. #scriptchat
8:51 pm JLichtenberg: RT @julianfriedmann: @WorksWithWords Academy saves them money, the scripts require fewer rewrites, delivered on time etc: Some will rise above it: #scriptchat
8:51 pm yeah_write: What about you? RT @DreamsGrafter: @yeah_write What kind of shows would you like to write for? #scriptchat
8:51 pm JLichtenberg: RT @WorksWithWords: Even estab. writers need good original calling card scripts. I'm about to go away and write a new one. Your voice does develop. #scriptchat
8:51 pm DreamsGrafter: @yeah_write Writing 4 TV would teach u so much about yr craft esp. 'cause of its quick turnover & necessity for engaging chars. #scriptchat
8:51 pm julianfriedmann: @scribe_diatribe Best shot at original drama on BBC is BBC 3 or 4; also think about micro-budget movies. #scriptchat
8:52 pm WorksWithWords: @julianfriedmann They could reduce the number of rewrites if they storylined the shows properly with the writing team!!! #scriptchat
8:52 pm JLichtenberg: RT @yeah_write: @DreamsGrafter Well I'm not funny, so I'd like to write one hour drama, or MOW. #scriptchat
8:52 pm scribe_diatribe: @jbonnell Yeah... Being Human series 1 was only 6 episodes... but that was shown... but now sold to be remade in US... #scriptchat
8:52 pm yeah_write: @WorksWithWords Are you writing year round, or is there a break? #scriptchat
8:52 pm julianfriedmann: @DreamsGrafter You learn not just bec quick turnover but bec of development hell coal face which writing on own never gives #scriptchat
8:53 pm PennyAsh: @purelycarrie Yep, definitely going to give TV a shot too :) #scriptchat
8:53 pm DreamsGrafter: @yeah_write Eastenders (a British soap) and stuff like the original miniseries 'Traffik'. Completely blew my mind that did. #scriptchat
8:53 pm WorksWithWords: @yeah_write I'm having a wee break at the mo, but it's my first one in 4 years and it will be short! #scriptchat
8:53 pm yeah_write: After my first killing this week, I think I could now write for Dexter. lol #scriptchat
8:53 pm purelycarrie: @DreamsGrafter #scriptchat TV is much harder I would imagine to fit in the dialogue - and keep it snappy ... ;)
8:53 pm julianfriedmann: @WorksWithWords Agree that better storylining would help but doubt that storyliners are sufficently trained. #scriptchat
8:53 pm DreamsGrafter: Awesome! Good luck! :) RT @PennyAsh: @purelycarrie Yep, definitely going to give TV a shot too :) #scriptchat
8:54 pm yeah_write: Wow. RT @WorksWithWords: @yeah_write Im having a wee break at the mo, but its my first one in 4 years and it will be short! #scriptchat
8:54 pm scribe_diatribe: @WorksWithWords everybody needs a wee break! :) #scriptchat
8:54 pm WorksWithWords: @julianfriedmann Amen. Neither are producers and some script eds in my expereince. #scriptchat
8:54 pm julianfriedmann: Prob 40-50 articles on writing for TV in TwelvePoint archive of 800+ articles; sorry members only!! #scriptchat
8:54 pm yeah_write: @DreamsGrafter I love Eastenders. I haven't seen Traffik. #scriptchat
8:55 pm thewritertype: @julianfriedmann BBC Academy closes more doors than it opens: they only 'discover' what they're already looking for. #scriptchat
8:55 pm yeah_write: RT @purelycarrie: @DreamsGrafter #scriptchat TV is much harder I would imagine to fit in the dialogue - and keep it snappy... ;) #scriptchat
8:55 pm JLichtenberg: RT @DreamsGrafter: @yeah_write Eastenders (a British soap) and stuff like the original miniseries 'Traffik'. Completely blew my mind that did. #scriptchat
8:55 pm yeah_write: @julianfriedmann You could raffle a membership someday via Twitter. #scriptchat
8:56 pm JLichtenberg: RT @scribe_diatribe: @jbonnell Yeah... Being Human series 1 was only 6 episodes... but that was shown... but now sold to be remade in US... #scriptchat
8:56 pm julianfriedmann: @WorksWithWords Producers like estate agents: writers can become prods too with greater control over their own wor. #scriptchat
8:56 pm momentsoffilm: Interestingly @Sadknob was telling me this week that his US shows are often developed with UK in mind. Is this sane viceversa? #scriptchat
8:56 pm filmutopia: #scriptchat - can I just say it is lovely to have a scriptchat about a subject that I know sod all about... very refreshing
8:56 pm DreamsGrafter: @yeah_write What's MOW? #scriptchat
8:57 pm JLichtenberg: RT @julianfriedmann: Prob 40-50 articles on writing for TV in TwelvePoint archive of 800+ articles; sorry members only!! #scriptchat
8:57 pm WorksWithWords: @thewritertype In fairness they do run other schemes. I'm mentoring 4 new writers for the Beeb at teh moment. #scriptchat
8:57 pm julianfriedmann: @yeah_write Could do - but only �29 for 800 articles. Shd have charged double then raffles might have worked better! #scriptchat
8:57 pm yeah_write: Movie of the week, like on Lifetime TV. RT @DreamsGrafter: @yeah_write Whats MOW? #scriptchat
8:57 pm julianfriedmann: @DreamsGrafter Movie of the Week, used to be called Disease of the Week; not done in UK but v popular in Germany #scriptchat
8:57 pm JLichtenberg: RT @WorksWithWords: @thewritertype In fairness they do run other schemes. I'm mentoring 4 new writers for the Beeb at teh moment. #scriptchat
8:58 pm Ludovicaa: @filmutopia #scriptchat thats every week for me LOL
8:58 pm DreamsGrafter: @yeah_write Please check it out if you can. It is amazing. It's TV drama at its best on every level: story, character, worlds. #scriptchat
8:58 pm marshbuttrue: @workswithwords And as for anyone other than the BBC, it seems to have all dried up? Never hear C4 doing anything now #scriptchat
8:58 pm julianfriedmann: @momentsoffilm US shows developed with global market in mind: Roseanne apparently sold to over 130 countries for $1 billion pa #scriptchat
8:59 pm yeah_write: A tad more expensive in $ RT @julianfriedmann: @yeah_write Could do - but only �29 for 800 articles. #scriptchat
8:59 pm scribe_diatribe: @marshbuttrue I think C4 works with independent companies for new stuff... #scriptchat
8:59 pm yeah_write: @DreamsGrafter Do you know if it's available on Netflix? They offer a lot of series TV. #scriptchat
8:59 pm WorksWithWords: @marshbuttrue C4 is looking better at the moment thanks to freed up Big Brother money. But then everyone is pitching at them . #scriptchat
9:00 pm PennyAsh: @DreamsGrafter Thanks :) #scriptchat
9:00 pm JLichtenberg: RT @julianfriedmann: @momentsoffilm US shows developed with global market in mind: Roseanne apparently sold to over 130 countries for $1 billion pa #scriptchat
9:00 pm julianfriedmann: I editied 2 books (out of print but sometimes avail) Writing Long-Running TV Series with great articles esp from USA #scriptchat
9:00 pm momentsoffilm: @julianfriedmann Wowsers! #scriptchat
9:00 pm purelycarrie: @yeah_write #scriptchat Thanks for the RT! TV is much harder I would imagine to fit in the dialogue - and keep it snappy ... ;) >indeed
9:00 pm WorksWithWords: @marshbuttrue Might improve at ITV now they are back in teh black but very limited interest in anything other than crime :-( #scriptchat
9:00 pm DreamsGrafter: @julianfriedmann Ha ha. Thanks Julian! #scriptchat
9:01 pm filmutopia: @julianfriedmann The US has always been better at the business side, less parochial, more global, both in film and TV #scriptchat
9:01 pm scribe_diatribe: @WorksWithWords and fookin' game shows :( urgh! #scriptchat
9:01 pm PennyAsh: @purelycarrie @yeah_write I would think TV would teach you tighter writing #scriptchat
9:01 pm JLichtenberg: RT @julianfriedmann: I editied 2 books (out of print but sometimes avail) Writing Long-Running TV Series with great articles #scriptchat
9:01 pm jbonnell: @WorksWithWords Would C4, ITV, BBC, et al, look at pitches from US based companies? Would they have to be made in the UK? #scriptchat
9:02 pm yeah_write: @purelycarrie Snappy is hard work, and lots of rewriting to make it look effortless. #scriptchat
9:02 pm marshbuttrue: @workswithwords How about getting a spec to ITV soap, or C4? There doesn't seem to be any route in other than BBC #scriptchat
9:02 pm WorksWithWords: @scribe_diatribe Again, sad but true. #scriptchat
9:02 pm JLichtenberg: RT @yeah_write: @purelycarrie Snappy is hard work, and lots of rewriting to make it look effortless. #scriptchat
9:02 pm julianfriedmann: @filmutopia If UK better at business might be more profitable; BBC used to not reinvest sales of series back to drama producers #scriptchat
9:02 pm momentsoffilm: RT @filmutopia: @julianfriedmann US has always been better at business side, less parochial, more global, both in film and TV #scriptchat
9:03 pm yeah_write: @PennyAsh I almost write too tight as it is. If there is such a thing as too tight. #scriptchat
9:03 pm DreamsGrafter: @yeah_write Yes, just checked. Traffik (1989) not the remake. Netflix gives it 3 and a half out of 4 stars. #scriptchat
9:03 pm WorksWithWords: @marshbuttrue You tend to have to approach with an agent. #scriptchat
9:03 pm JLichtenberg: RT @DreamsGrafter: @yeah_write Yes, just checked. Traffik (1989) not the remake. Netflix gives it 3 and a half out of 4 stars. #scriptchat
9:03 pm yeah_write: Wow, that hour flew by. Thank you so much to @workswithwords for you time and answers. This was an hour well spent. #scriptchat
9:04 pm DreamsGrafter: Completely! RT @purelycarrie: @DreamsGrafter #scriptchat TV is much harder I would imagine to fit in the dialogue - and keep it snappy ;)
9:04 pm yeah_write: @DreamsGrafter Thanks I'll add it to my que. Now I'm really interested in seeing it. #scriptchat
9:04 pm PennyAsh: @yeah_write There's a fine line between tight and too tight :) #scriptchat
9:04 pm JLichtenberg: RT @yeah_write: Wow, that hour flew by. Thank you so much to @workswithwords for you time and answers.. an hour well spent. #scriptchat
9:04 pm scribe_diatribe: Thanks all.... esp. @yeah_write and @WorksWithWords! #scriptchat
9:05 pm robertiwataki: Yes, thanks @workswithwords!!! #scriptchat
9:05 pm WorksWithWords: Thanks for having me! Good fun. #scriptchat
9:05 pm yeah_write: @scribe_diatribe Lots of learning going on this hour. #scriptchat
9:05 pm thewritertype: @WorksWithWords In fairness, you're right, and I hope that works out. And let's have more fairness. BBC money to new drama! #scriptchat
9:05 pm purelycarrie: @yeah_write #scriptchat Snappy is hard work, and lots of rewriting to make it look effortless. #scriptchat >>> Hard work and thanks ...
9:05 pm DreamsGrafter: @JLichtenberg Execs are always on the hunt for good writers. As soon as you've proved yourself, you'll know. #scriptchat
9:05 pm jeannevb: thanks @dreamsgrafter for a great hostess job & @workswithwords for sharing the TV joy #scriptchat
9:06 pm jbonnell: Well, guess it's time to get ready for the oscar party. #scriptchat
9:06 pm JLichtenberg: RT @DreamsGrafter: @JLichtenberg Execs are always on the hunt for good writers. As soon as you've proved yourself, you'll know. #scriptchat
9:06 pm yeah_write: Does anyone here write shorts? I know it's not TV, but hour is up. lol #scriptchat
9:06 pm DreamsGrafter: @yeah_write I hope you enjoy it. It's hardhitting but good drama in the vein of 'The Hurt Locker'. Pls let me know what u think. #scriptchat
9:06 pm yeah_write: Cheers! RT @jeannevb: thanks @dreamsgrafter for a great hostess job & @workswithwords for sharing the TV joy #scriptchat
9:06 pm JLichtenberg: RT @yeah_write: @scribe_diatribe Lots of learning going on this hour. #scriptchat
9:07 pm WorksWithWords: @thewritertype Amen! #scriptchat
9:07 pm thewritertype: @WorksWithWords Thank you kindly. #scriptchat.
9:07 pm yeah_write: @jbonnell I want to go to an Oscar party. :( #scriptchat
9:07 pm DreamsGrafter: You're welcome! RT @jeannevb thanks @dreamsgrafter for a great hostess job & @workswithwords for sharing the TV joy #scriptchat
9:07 pm zacsanford: Sorry I missed #scriptchat today. Had too many things to do before the Oscar party tonight.
9:07 pm momentsoffilm: Yeap! Cheers ladies! RT @jeannevb: thanks @dreamsgrafter for a great hostess job & @workswithwords for sharing the TV joy #scriptchat
9:07 pm jbonnell: Throw one! RT @yeah_write: @jbonnell I want to go to an Oscar party. :( #scriptchat
9:07 pm purelycarrie: @JLichtenberg Nice to meet you! #scriptchat
9:08 pm Sofluid: RT @jeannevb: thanks @dreamsgrafter for a great hostess job & @workswithwords for sharing the TV joy #scriptchat Ditto that! Thank you!
9:08 pm DreamsGrafter: How's @WorkWithWords doing? Lisa, you've been so great tonight. Thanks so much for your time and sharing your knowledge! #scriptchat
9:08 pm scribe_diatribe: @zacsanford Ooooh! get you! ;) #scriptchat
9:08 pm momentsoffilm: @yeah_write Yes I write shorts. You? #scriptchat
9:08 pm marshbuttrue: Thanks to all for an interesting discussion #scriptchat
9:08 pm purelycarrie: @DreamsGrafter What is your Oscar pick? #scriptchat
9:08 pm jeannevb: u better be tweeting tonight! #glush RT @zacsanford: Sorry I missed #scriptchat today. Had 2 many things to do before Oscar party tonight
9:09 pm DreamsGrafter: Thank you for accepting our invitation! :)) RT @WorksWithWords Thanks for having me! Good fun. #scriptchat
9:09 pm zacsanford: All you need is alcohol and ABC. RT @jbonnell Throw one! RT @yeah_write: I want to go to an Oscar party. :( #scriptchat
9:09 pm DreamsGrafter: And thanks to @Sofluid for introducing us to @WorksWithWords! #scriptchat
9:09 pm WorksWithWords: @DreamsGrafter Great! Thanks a lot for having me. Hope everyone has a good writing and GO HURT LOCKER!!! #scriptchat
9:09 pm momentsoffilm: Thanks all! Have a good Oscar night.. Statues or not though - You are all winners! #scriptchat
9:09 pm zacsanford: @jeannevb I'll try to #glush as much as possible tonight. Not sure how cell coverage will be where I'm at. #scriptchat
9:10 pm yeah_write: Got it. RT @zacsanford: All you need is alcohol and ABC. RT @jbonnell Throw one! RT @yeah_write: I want to go to an Oscar party. #scriptchat
9:10 pm thewritertype: @jbonnell there's still time to join CROC - Campaign to Recycle the Oscars; who should give theirs back? http://bit.ly/cEI8L6 #scriptchat
9:10 pm DreamsGrafter: @purelycarrie There's a few films I haven't seen like Last Station and Crazy Heart. But I would say The Hurt Locker over Avatar. #scriptchat
9:11 pm jbonnell: @WorksWithWords Still curious if C4, ITV, or even BBC will consider shows pitched from the US... #scriptchat
9:11 pm yeah_write: @WorksWithWords See you in UK next year. Working on the work visa and passport. lol #scriptchat
9:11 pm DreamsGrafter: @WorksWithWords Our pleasure. Truly. You were such a delight and I'm so impressed how you took it all in your stride. #scriptchat
9:11 pm TheWrongWoman: @bridgebldr Contact is one of the few films actually better than the novel. #writechat #scriptchat
9:12 pm DreamsGrafter: @WorksWithWords Please feel free to join in anytime. It was a real pleasure. #scriptchat
9:12 pm jbonnell: @DreamsGrafter Want to see Hurt Locker but NOTHING surprises me anymore. #scriptchat
9:12 pm DreamsGrafter: YEAHH!! RT @WorksWithWords: @DreamsGrafter Thanks a lot for having me. Hope everyone has a good writing and GO HURT LOCKER!!! #scriptchat
9:13 pm jeannevb: @zacsanford i'll have to #glush enuf for both of us. Hubby's playing hockey 2night so I'm free to #oscar #scriptchat till I drop ;)
9:13 pm WorksWithWords: @yeah_write Look me up whjen you get here! #scriptchat
9:13 pm WorksWithWords: @DreamsGrafter Will do! #scriptchat
9:13 pm DreamsGrafter: @purelycarrie What's your Oscar pick Carre? #scriptchat
9:13 pm jeannevb: to our #scriptchat #oscar party, baby RT @purelycarrie: @karenquah @jeannevb @kingisafink Hello ladies -- we are wearing velour?
9:14 pm jbonnell: OK, UP or D9 would surprise me in Best Picture. RT @jbonnell: @DreamsGrafter Want to see Hurt Locker but NOTHING surprises me... #scriptchat
9:14 pm DreamsGrafter: @WorksWithWords Cool. :) And thank you again! #scriptchat
9:15 pm purelycarrie: RT @jeannevb #scriptchat #oscar party, baby @kingisafink @karenquah Velour it is ... and the drink?
9:15 pm jeannevb: @yeah_write @zacsanford @jbonnell hey i found POM/kiwi juice to make tonight's martinis WOOT #scriptchat
9:15 pm DreamsGrafter: ENJOY!! :) RT @jeannevb: @zacsanford Hubby's playing hockey 2night so I'm free to #oscar #scriptchat till I drop ;)
9:16 pm yeah_write: Oh, yeah! RT @jeannevb: @yeah_write @zacsanford @jbonnell hey i found POM/kiwi juice to make tonight's martinis WOOT #scriptchat
9:16 pm jeannevb: if any #scriptchat peeps r around & want to talk adaptations, its going on now at #writechat. Let's bring novelists to the darkside! mwahaha
9:17 pm karenquah: @purelycarrie @jeannevb @kingisafink #scriptchat #oscar omg, will you let me have breakfast before you start cracking open the tequila? :)))
9:18 pm jbonnell: Ok, only 3 hours to get ready and get to the party on time... heading home. #scriptchat
9:20 pm kingisafink: @jeannevb #scriptchat #oscarparty Taffeta darling, taffeta.
9:20 pm DreamsGrafter: @jbonnell D9 and Serious Man would surprise me for Best Picture. I'd love Mo'nique to get Best Supporting. #scriptchat
9:23 pm LifesizeLD: There's no #scriptchat tonight, right? I mean, there's GOTTA be no #scriptchat tonight. Right?
9:24 pm yeah_write: Watching Oscars together. RT @LifesizeLD: There's no #scriptchat tonight, right? I mean, there's GOTTA be no #scriptchat tonight. Right?
9:24 pm DreamsGrafter: Have fun US #Scriptchat crew with the Oscars! Slam a tequilla one for me. ;)
