4 FUELING YOUR STORY ENGINE Central Questions and Central Mysteries
A pilot is analogous to a promise you make with the viewer – call it a contract – that tacitly lets them know what to expect if they commit to watching your show every week (or to “binge view”). You’re not promising them abject predictability and repetition. You are promising them that you are going to honor what you established in your pilot episode. In TV writing parlance, this is what’s known as servicing your franchise.
Successfully servicing the franchise of your series means that you’re going to present your loyal viewers with a show that’s fundamentally the same from episode to episode – only different. The basic setting and premise ...
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