Go Big or Go Home on Storylink
Posted by William Rabkin on May 15, 2009
I’ve got a brief essay up at the Storyline e-zine about writing a TV spec that might actually get some attention. But first, the bad news:
The television world is shrinking, and with it any chance of you – or me – working in it. It’s no secret that slots allotted to dramas were vanishing even before NBC’s decision to essentially go dark at 10 pm. Those dramas that do make it on the air have smaller and smaller staffs. Plus, even if there are open positions here and there, each canceled series tosses five to ten experienced pros back into the talent pool. Which means that there’s almost no reason for showrunners to take a chance on an untested writer – not when there are so many proven pros out there willing to work for minimum as long as they’re credited as “consultants.”
So how can an untested writer get a chance at one of these few jobs. Read the rest and find out…
