Screenwriter, showrunner, dad, playwright, progressive...over-user of ellipses. Film/Television/Dlysexia :)https://bsky.app/profile/jefflieber.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jefflieber.bsky.social/post/3kgwqb7xovw2gA double beat is two separate moments that do the same thing. Like you want your character to feel guilty, but you have two scenes whose only purpose is to elicit that guilt. That's a double beat. You don't need both and the existence of both suggests you don't believe -- fully -- in either... [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Dec 2023 23:52 +0000at://did:plc:k744dj6losu2l3dytecgnpls/app.bsky.feed.post/3kgwqb7xovw2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jefflieber.bsky.social/post/3kgwq2ioxew2yWrite what you love and what makes you excited to sit down at the keyboard...and you'll figure the rest out later. Nothing is easy. NOTHING. And the biggest barrier to selling something is never finishing. So, if you have a passion, then write what you love in the worm it's usually aired and then... [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Dec 2023 23:48 +0000at://did:plc:k744dj6losu2l3dytecgnpls/app.bsky.feed.post/3kgwq2ioxew2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jefflieber.bsky.social/post/3kgwornaw4i25Concept A: Pick the network you think is most right for the subject matter, find a recent pilot made for that network and structure your pilot to match. Concept B: Choose a structure that most melds with your idea. Lots of twists...use act outs to make bigger. Subtler? Slower? Maybe no act outs. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Dec 2023 23:25 +0000at://did:plc:k744dj6losu2l3dytecgnpls/app.bsky.feed.post/3kgwornaw4i25https://bsky.app/profile/jefflieber.bsky.social/post/3kgwo2evnan2vGot an hour to spare. If you've got questions about writing for TV/FILM...I -- might -- have answers. Fire away and if this seems helpful...please pass it on.19 Dec 2023 23:12 +0000at://did:plc:k744dj6losu2l3dytecgnpls/app.bsky.feed.post/3kgwo2evnan2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jefflieber.bsky.social/post/3kg7wx3sc7724I'll open this up to all since there have now been a billiony TV shows, but I'll say I started doing a rewatch of the West Wing and there was a palpable moment when Sorkin left and something just...broke...never to get fixed again. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Dec 2023 22:20 +0000at://did:plc:k744dj6losu2l3dytecgnpls/app.bsky.feed.post/3kg7wx3sc7724https://bsky.app/profile/jefflieber.bsky.social/post/3kg7wrhonoy22The ink is not even dry on the conrac before someone from the AMPEEPEEP starts to strategize how to use incentives as weapons. "Hey, we'll give you a rate cut so you can start.a new thing..." which they never revisit even after the new thing is now the highest grossing part of the industry. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Dec 2023 22:17 +0000at://did:plc:k744dj6losu2l3dytecgnpls/app.bsky.feed.post/3kg7wrhonoy22https://bsky.app/profile/jefflieber.bsky.social/post/3kg7wn37gys2nI mean...this is not my area of experience...and it probably depends on the comedy. The Full Monty was a pretty stellar piece of writing soup-to-nuts. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Dec 2023 22:14 +0000at://did:plc:k744dj6losu2l3dytecgnpls/app.bsky.feed.post/3kg7wn37gys2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jefflieber.bsky.social/post/3kg7vxms5dn2fNeed more info. Like...played out? Or too complicated? [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Dec 2023 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:k744dj6losu2l3dytecgnpls/app.bsky.feed.post/3kg7vxms5dn2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jefflieber.bsky.social/post/3kg7vsgcpta22Here's the problem: you'd still need a couple billion dollars to do something sustainable and the people who have a couple billion dollars are not creatives. So, something small...for a project here or there...totally, but to take the things back from the assholes means we'd need our own asshole. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Dec 2023 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:k744dj6losu2l3dytecgnpls/app.bsky.feed.post/3kg7vsgcpta22https://bsky.app/profile/jefflieber.bsky.social/post/3kg7vhvl7fs2nThat's a SUPER hard question to answer, because once a movie is made the version that originally sold sort of disappears into the ether. But know there's the version that you sell and the version that you make and they are often very, very different. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Dec 2023 21:54 +0000at://did:plc:k744dj6losu2l3dytecgnpls/app.bsky.feed.post/3kg7vhvl7fs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jefflieber.bsky.social/post/3kg7v5adwfx24Got an hour to spare. If you've got questions about writing for TV/FILM...I -- might -- have answers. Fire away and if this seems helpful to you, please pass it on.10 Dec 2023 21:48 +0000at://did:plc:k744dj6losu2l3dytecgnpls/app.bsky.feed.post/3kg7v5adwfx24https://bsky.app/profile/jefflieber.bsky.social/post/3kf2geyky6y2aFlying across America. Have a moment. Let's play. You got questions about writing for TV/FILM...I -- might -- have answers. Fire away and if this is useful to you, please pass it on.26 Nov 2023 00:15 +0000at://did:plc:k744dj6losu2l3dytecgnpls/app.bsky.feed.post/3kf2geyky6y2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jefflieber.bsky.social/post/3kf2l2kb3x425No. A great log line and a great pilot and a SHORT, smart bible that explains season one and where the show is going/ends (and 5 pages is a good place to START with this)...should be enough to learn if people are interested. If they are...you'll do the rest of the work, but also... [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Nov 2023 01:39 +0000at://did:plc:k744dj6losu2l3dytecgnpls/app.bsky.feed.post/3kf2l2kb3x425https://bsky.app/profile/jefflieber.bsky.social/post/3kf2kwhs6d22yYes. We all do. Every step forward I've had was based on a connection I made, none of which I had when I got to LA. High tide raises all boats and we all benefit from people we know succeeding. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Nov 2023 01:36 +0000at://did:plc:k744dj6losu2l3dytecgnpls/app.bsky.feed.post/3kf2kwhs6d22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jefflieber.bsky.social/post/3kf2jy23wua22One has to balance the two side by side, such that you can be friends with people and know you MUST ask for help from the people who are your friends and understand that if they can't help it's not because they're not friends and hope they have the ability to be honest with you. It's not easy. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Nov 2023 01:19 +0000at://did:plc:k744dj6losu2l3dytecgnpls/app.bsky.feed.post/3kf2jy23wua22https://bsky.app/profile/jefflieber.bsky.social/post/3kf2ighlupr23Well they hopefully go -- This is who I am and who are you and this is what I've done and what I want to do and what do you do, please tell me stories. And if that goes well it ends with...thank you for your time, I'll grab the check and I'd love to keep in contact and let me know... [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Nov 2023 00:52 +0000at://did:plc:k744dj6losu2l3dytecgnpls/app.bsky.feed.post/3kf2ighlupr23https://bsky.app/profile/jefflieber.bsky.social/post/3kf2icufqph2yYes, but both those shows were seen as successes so some part of the culture was saved. There are also the cases where shows are actively changing artistic directions, though in this day and age...they kinda just cancel the thing. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Nov 2023 00:50 +0000at://did:plc:k744dj6losu2l3dytecgnpls/app.bsky.feed.post/3kf2icufqph2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jefflieber.bsky.social/post/3kf2hkdh3si22No real onus, but there are two very different kinds of transfers. 1: Old Showrunner moves on from long running show. Often person who takes over is picked to maintain most of the culture. 2: New Showrunner brought on 'cause Network/Studio fire old one. Part of the mandate is to change the culture. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Nov 2023 00:36 +0000at://did:plc:k744dj6losu2l3dytecgnpls/app.bsky.feed.post/3kf2hkdh3si22https://bsky.app/profile/jefflieber.bsky.social/post/3kf2geyky6y2aFlying across America. Have a moment. Let's play. You got questions about writing for TV/FILM...I -- might -- have answers. Fire away and if this is useful to you, please pass it on.26 Nov 2023 00:15 +0000at://did:plc:k744dj6losu2l3dytecgnpls/app.bsky.feed.post/3kf2geyky6y2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jefflieber.bsky.social/post/3keog6t2brs23This… (The only difference is that no one sites five paragraph form as if it — itself — we’re an active formula to make the art form.) [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Nov 2023 05:40 +0000at://did:plc:k744dj6losu2l3dytecgnpls/app.bsky.feed.post/3keog6t2brs23https://bsky.app/profile/jefflieber.bsky.social/post/3keog4bpkoc2iYou absolutely positively do not need any accredited skills training to work in film/tv. What we do is mostly craft and the very best experience is in going the work. Being smart and rounded is SUCH a plus, but no one will ever ask to see your diploma. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Nov 2023 05:38 +0000at://did:plc:k744dj6losu2l3dytecgnpls/app.bsky.feed.post/3keog4bpkoc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jefflieber.bsky.social/post/3kenjfoonve2yDo you still love it? If so, wipe it clean, reconstruct it and see what remains. If you don't still love it...deeply...write from your new self. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Nov 2023 21:05 +0000at://did:plc:k744dj6losu2l3dytecgnpls/app.bsky.feed.post/3kenjfoonve2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jefflieber.bsky.social/post/3kenjdaxc7n22That is optimistic, but there are SO MANY outsized costs that can only be controlled through scale...it's hard to imagine building a sustaining independent market. What would be better is if the people who bought into entertainment but actually hate entertainment...would get out. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Nov 2023 21:03 +0000at://did:plc:k744dj6losu2l3dytecgnpls/app.bsky.feed.post/3kenjdaxc7n22https://bsky.app/profile/jefflieber.bsky.social/post/3kenj3smfo627See my kids (both in NYC for school). Yes. Very. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Nov 2023 20:59 +0000at://did:plc:k744dj6losu2l3dytecgnpls/app.bsky.feed.post/3kenj3smfo627https://bsky.app/profile/jefflieber.bsky.social/post/3keniw32cyb2vOne line should be simple and clear and prompt the "tell me more" where you can get into what makes it unique. I go back to Breaking Bad... "Chemistry teacher diagnosed with cancer decides to make meth to make money to leave behind to his family and goes from Walter Mitty to Pablo Escobar." [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Nov 2023 20:56 +0000at://did:plc:k744dj6losu2l3dytecgnpls/app.bsky.feed.post/3keniw32cyb2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jefflieber.bsky.social/post/3kenim27c2g2m#1: I think cost will drive the process more than what is successful or not, given that for every White Lotus there's 10 "auteur" written shows that went nowhere. TV is better when really smart writers work with other really smart writers to hash out something that is super not boring... [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Nov 2023 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:k744dj6losu2l3dytecgnpls/app.bsky.feed.post/3kenim27c2g2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jefflieber.bsky.social/post/3kenihphbwp2kWe are in a MAJOR correction and what will be the new normal won't even start to show up until next fall. It's a mess. Was always going to be a mess. And now we have to wait and see. The people who made up the AMPTP have been ass vamping for half a decade and we're bearing the results. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Nov 2023 20:48 +0000at://did:plc:k744dj6losu2l3dytecgnpls/app.bsky.feed.post/3kenihphbwp2khttps://bsky.app/profile/jefflieber.bsky.social/post/3kenieivcja2xI've started with what I thought was the start and turned out to be the end or thought was the end and turned out to be the start and all I'll say is...do a beat sheet...do as much of an outline as you can...and then the moment you know you're changing it up...go back to beat sheet/outline. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Nov 2023 20:46 +0000at://did:plc:k744dj6losu2l3dytecgnpls/app.bsky.feed.post/3kenieivcja2x