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Write to TV, 3rd Edition
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Write to TV, 3rd Edition

by Martie Cook
August 2020
Beginner
364 pages
10h 50m
English
Routledge
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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 ...

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