Your job is to determine your show’s over-arching architecture and be able to articulate it, both in a verbal pitch and in the design of your pilot. The good news is, there is no shortage of good model structures on the air as we speak.

In other industries, people apply for a job, get hired, then move to the new city to start their new gig. Not in Hollywood.

You’ll probably be moving out here without a job, so you’ll want a nest egg to help you survive. Here are some major expenses you can expect to encounter for various L.A. lifestyles.

If your story’s characters don’t end up in a different emotional space from where they began, neither will your audience. (Even on a sitcom.)

Most TV shows are written by staffs, so they’re not actively looking for new scripts, writers, or story ideas. But that doesn’t mean they never take submissions.

There are some phenomenal books out there … and some total stinkers. Here are eight of the best …

Finding a writing partner isn’t about finding someone who makes you more hire-able. It’s about finding someone who makes you a better writer.

Most people who “can’t” move to L.A. … or switch jobs … or do the things necessary to break in … simply don’t want to. But make no mistake: THE CHOICE IS YOURS.

If you want to grab an agent or executive’s attention, your script doesn’t need to be as good as professionally written scripts … it needs to be BETTER than professionally written scripts.