Crafting Your Pilot Story

The story you tell in the pilot episode of your TV show has to introduce your characters and the world, set up the rest of the show, and be so good it convinces the audience to keep watching. That's a lot!

But don't worry, in this lesson, the fourth in Arc Studio's "How to Write a Great TV Pilot" course, WGA screenwriter and Arc Studio Head of Writing Micah Cratty teaches you how to write the story in your pilot episode.

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Check out our first three lessons in our full pilot script writing course!
Developing a Great Idea for a TV Show    • Develop a Great Idea for a TV Pilot  
Creating Great TV Characters    • Creating Great TV Characters  
Storytelling Building Blocks    • The Essentials of TV Storytelling  

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:58 Beginning, middle, and end
01:37 In the beginning...
02:21 ...don't explain too much
03:30 ...establish tone
04:13 ...hook the audience
04:49 ...introduce your main characters
05:45 ...show us what normal is
06:09 ...introduce the problem/inciting incident
09:08 ...don't forget your B Story
10:20 The middle of your story
12:12 The end of your story
14:21 Pilot story worksheet
15:10 Beat cards