The next step in writing my spec script is laying the groundwork. This includes:
1. Watching old episodes of the show to crack the code--the way the story is told each week. I love to watch TV, so this *should* be easy.
2. Writing bios for all the major and supporting characters. That's House, Chase, Cameron, Foreman, Cuddy, and Wilson, plus whoever I think is going to make the cut for the new crew (TBD).
3. Writing an outline for my episode with the major story beats.
4. Writing a logline for my episode--the sort of TV Guide one-line summary.
In addition, as noted before, I've got to come up with a disease that's lethal, easy to misdiagnose (e.g. its symptoms could lead an intelligent doctor in the wrong direction) and the path to detection. I've never written a mystery, but it makes sense that I cull down a list of possibilities, then when I find the one that seems HOUSE-worthy that hasn't already been done, I work backward from the end (cure).
All this thinking makes me see why most people opt for George Lopez specs: A bunch of lame zingers and a "very special" lesson without any grounding in reality.
Right now I think I want dinner and that TV-watching part of the gig.
1 comments:
It's rare that I include a blog as new as yours in A Hitchhiker's Guide To The Blogosphere. But...you're off to a great start!
Looking forward to seeing how things progress for you.
By the way, did you see the episode of Seinfeld when Elaine was working on the tv show script?
Cheers!
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