Screenwriting : Working on my first pilot script. Anything I need to watch out for? by Thomas Dison

Pitfalls!

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…sorry, couldn’t help myself.

I would suggest reading a HUGE FUCKIN’ BUNCH of pilot scripts relating to your preferred genre as you can. If you’re an attentive reader, this will be a great help. Same goes for watching pilots.

‘Bill Taub’ has a great book called “Automatic Pilot”…

Kindle version:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Automatic-Pilot-Bill-Taub-ebook/dp/B00IGK7ZRM

I’ve read a lot but everyone tells me to read Breaking Bads pilot but it’s not really what I’m looking for.

Find the scripts in the genre to what you're writing, and teach yourself the structure and why it works so well. Once you understand that, then build on strong characters that will hopefully sustain multiple seasons. Give the audience a glimpse of what to expect in subsequent episodes in the Pilot, but tell a complete story in your first episode. Hopefully that makes sense. haha

It does thanks

Avoid trying to include too many "easter eggs" for whats coming later, otherwise it becomes waaay too obvious. See your pilot as a mini-version of the whole show in terms of theses and character development.