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What A Ghostwriter Can Do For Your Television Pilot


By Evan Bailyn



Television reaches more people every day than any other medium, including movies. When you write for television, you are truly making your mark on pop culture at large and the consciousness of the nation – and the world. Of course, the huge salaries paid out for script rights – well, that’s just icing on the cake.

The Pilot vs. An Episode

Are you a fan of the Law and Order franchise? Or are you more the sitcom type. Perhaps any of the successful HBO original series has intrigued you. You know your ancient Rome and you’re ready to write for the series. Chances are, unless you are already an established writer or happen to be best friends with the head writer on the show, you won’t be picked up to write an episode. The networks have a team of writers on each show and slots rarely open up.

On the other hand, the pilot – that is, the first episode of a new series – has a much better chance of being picked up from an unknown writer. An explosively dramatic new hour show or a hilarious new sitcom are always welcome. Hollywood and New York are full of execs who would give their eye teeth to be the one to discover the next Friends or CSI. If you have your own twist on the family situation comedy or the medical drama, a television pilot may be your best mode of creative expression.

Format, Writing, Rules…

The format that your television pilot must follow, the kind of writing that works best for various genres, and the FCC rules and standards for different networks – all of these are just as important as the actual writing.

Does that sound like too much to handle? If great ideas and sparks of genius are more your bag than tedious regulations, then you are in good company. Michael Crichton, who created ER, an incredibly popular medical drama that has been airing on prime time for over a decade, doesn’t do any of the writing. He could if he wanted to. But he doesn’t want to.

Look No Further

In the same vein, if you don’t want to be bothered with the details but still want to get your television pilot picked up, you’re only as far away from your dream as a few clicks on the computer. You are already at the site where some of the best ghostwriters in the business are employed! The Penn Group has writers who have been working and publishing in the industry for years, backed up by education and a widely varied portfolio from which to draw material. All of this adds up to an exceptional ghostwriter who can take your ideas and turn them into a tight script, all ready for submission to agents and networks alike.

Why Wait?

How many years have your ideas for an incredible television pilot been brewing in your mind? How many of your other ideas have seemingly been ‘snatched’ right out of your brain and warped into a show that wasn’t half as good as your script would have been?

Don’t let that happen again. In television, time is money and timeliness is of the utmost importance. The longer you let the idea sit, the higher the odds that someone else will create something that too closely resembles your million dollar idea. Email the Penn Group and match yourself with the ghostwriter of your choice, and make your television pilot dreams into a reality.

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