FactualWEST 2017

“We all have ideas.  We all have stories to tell.  But how do we turn that spark of creativity into the creation of an enjoyable, watchable, profitable television (or new media) series?  Is it the characters?  The location?  The story engine?  Or is it simply a matter of timing, relationships, and opportunity?

Most pitches fail.  But a few take flight.  What separates the winners from the losers?  Why do networks embrace some ideas while turning their backs on others.

Don Young has pitched with the best of them.  He’s taken pitches.  He’s given pitches.  He’s spent millions of dollars as a network commissioning editor.  And most remarkable of all, he’s stayed in business as an independent producer for 30 years.

This seminar discusses how story sense and common sense combine with business sense … to earn dollars and cents.