Summary: Alex and Nick discuss how to be proactive in the way you write your TV pilot script, and how to keep the reader interested.<br> <br> Why are loglines and titles so important? How can you connect your script to your personal story? How do you set things up in a pilot? What are ways of counteracting reader fatigue?<br> <br> Plus, we take a look at the recent revelations about Amazon Prime Video's internal numbers.<br> <br> The Paper Team turns the page...<br> <br> SHOWNOTES<br> <br> Content<br> Paper Scraps: Amazon Prime Video viewership (00:37)<br> 1 - Meta: Elements around your TV pilot (07:20)<br> 2 - Script: Translating your TV pilot to the page (26:11)<br> Takeaways and Resources (45:49)<br> <br> Links<br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/tv-pilot-101-pt30/">"TV Pilot 101" (PT30)</a><br> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-ratings-exclusive/exclusive-amazons-internal-numbers-on-prime-video-revealed-idUSKCN1GR0FX">"Amazon's internal numbers on Prime Video, revealed" - Reuters</a><br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/tv-characters-101-pt46/">"TV Characters 101" (PT46)</a><br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/analyzing-great-tv-characters-case-studies-of-david-palmer-24-lindsay-youre-the-worst-michael-the-good-place-and-scorpius-farscape-pt72/">"Analyzing Great TV Characters" (PT72)</a><br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/tv-world-building-101-pt44/">"TV World-Building 101" (PT44)</a><br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/tone-in-tv-writing-pt60/">"Tone in TV Writing" (PT60)</a><br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/act-breaks-pt15/">"Act Breaks" (PT15)</a><br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/teasers-cold-opens-pt61/">"Teasers & Cold Opens" (PT61)</a><br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/analyzing-great-tv-pilots-case-studies-of-alias-community-homicide-the-o-c-scrubs-and-3rd-rock-from-the-sun-pt54/">"Analyzing Great TV Pilots" (PT54)</a><br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/weaving-storylines-abc-stories-pt53/">"Weaving Storylines: A/B/C Stories" (PT53)</a><br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/macro-storytelling-writing-character-and-story-arcs-in-tv-pt68/">"Macro Storytelling: Writing Character and Story Arcs in TV" (PT68)</a><br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/writing-themes-and-values-in-tv-pt36/">"Writing Themes and Values in TV" (PT36)</a><br> <br> Resources<br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180508124917/http://splitsider.com:80/2017/01/the-pilot-script-checklist/">"The Pilot Script Checklist" - Splitsider</a><br> <br> <br> Special thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexSwitzky21">Alex Switzky</a> for helping us edit this episode.<br> <br> If you enjoyed this episode (and others), please consider leaving us an iTunes review at <a href="http://paperteam.co/itunes">paperteam.co/itunes</a>! :)<br> <br> You can find Paper Team on Twitter:<br> Alex - <a href="https://twitter.com/TVCalling">@TVCalling</a><br> Nick - <a href="https://twitter.com/_njwatson">@_njwatson</a><br> If you have any questions, comments or feedback, you can e-mail us: ask@paperteam.co<br> <br>
