8 OUTLINING YOUR COMEDIC STORY
WHY YOU MUST BREAK YOUR STORY DOWN ACT-BY-ACT, SCENE-BY-SCENE
I know what you’re thinking: now that you have your stories properly structured, you just can’t wait to get to your computer and start writing the script. not so fast, my friend. Failure to write a proper story outline is a recipe for disaster.
In the professional world of television writing, once a writer has been assigned a story, the first thing he or she does is to write an act-by-act, scene-by-scene story outline. You can think of a story outline as a blueprint to the script. in the same way that a builder wouldn’t blindly start construction on a new house without solid plans, professional writers don’t sit down to write a script without the story ...
