Friends, I have a question for you.
While developing the pilot episode of my series Grand — where each episode is a standalone case for the main character — I originally came up with a case just to introduce the hero.
The idea was simple: show right away who Henri is by letting him win a case at the beginning.
But as I started writing it, something unexpected happened.
The case began to grow.
It gained weight, tension, meaning.
And at a certain point I realized: this is not a setup anymore — this is the pilot story.
So now I’m rewriting the entire pilot from scratch, with a completely new case, and letting this one become the true narrative backbone of the episode.
Has this ever happened to you?
That moment when you’re deep into writing a script, and suddenly you understand that the story wants to go in a completely different direction — and the only honest solution is to start over?
Curious to hear your experiences.
That's great, Aleksandr Rozhnov! That's happened to me. I outline my scripts, but I know things will change when I write the scripts.