on The Creative Penn:
As more streaming services come online every year, the demand for stories to also grows. Academy-honored author and adaptation consultant John Robert Marlow offers tips about what Hollywood is looking for in a series, and how to pitch it to them in a way that will have your name in the credits.
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Humans have always been storytellers.
Whether gathered around a campfire, painting on cave walls, writing words on dead trees or glowing screens—it’s in our blood.
Books and other storytelling formats can be noble undertakings, capable of reaching hundreds of thousands and sometimes millions of people. But movies and series are the global campfires of our time.
And those fires are about to become more numerous—offering adaptable storytellers an unprecedented opportunity to get their stories on the screen. While the number of well-heeled movie buyers has been dropping as major studios merge with each other, the number of buyers for streaming / TV series is about to explode.
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