IdeaM · TV Pilot Writer
Live in IdeaMDescribe the show in a sentence. IdeaM breaks the pilot the way a writers' room does, writes every act in industry TV format, and hands back the series bible buyers ask for next.
Today
A show in your head and a blank teaser page
World, lead, season and a self-contained story all have to land at once — and every act has to end strong enough to hold the audience through the break.
With TV Pilot Writer
Every act on the page, plus the bible
A complete first-draft pilot in your outline, act by act and scene by scene, with the series bible beside it — ready for you to rework and make your own.
01You decide
The show in a sentence, its name, the kind of show, the feel, the setting, the people, shows it should feel like, your name and contact — and the format.
02The series
A title with alternates, the logline, the overview, the tone, and the series engine — what brings a new story through the door every week.
03The series
What each one wants and needs, the flaw or secret in the way, how they talk, and their season arc.
04The series
The standing sets, the rules of the world, the arc of season one and six episode ideas after the pilot.
05The pilot
The pilot's main plot, the relationship story that crosses it, the runner — and what the episode must leave the audience wanting.
06The pilot
Every act and its act-out — a cliffhanger in a drama, a reversal or a big laugh in a comedy — then a scene outline, one act at a time.
07The pilot
Every scene in screenplay form, each act picking up where the last ended — checked so no scene is written twice and none is left out.
08Deliver
The pilot script PDF and the series bible PDF open at once, with a Fountain file saved beside them.
Saved into your outline as it is written: if the computer sleeps or the app closes, nothing written is lost — press Continue and it picks up where it stopped.
TEASER · ACTS ONE–FIVE
One-Hour DramaAbout 55–65 pages. Each act ends on a cliffhanger.COLD OPEN · ACTS ONE–THREE · TAG
Half-Hour ComedySingle-camera, about 30–35 pages. Each act ends on a turn or a laugh.COLD OPEN · ACTS ONE–TWO · TAG
Multi-Camera SitcomLaid out in sitcom form: underlined scene headings, action in capitals, double-spaced dialogue.Blue Hollow — a one-hour crime drama, from a one-line idea: when a small-town sheriff is found dead in her own patrol car, her estranged daughter — a federal prosecutor — comes home to bury her and stays to find out who on the force did it.
TEASER
EXT. BLUE HOLLOW PRECINCT PARKING LOT - DAY
BEN CARTER (50s), leans against the far edge of the yellow tape, arms crossed over a damp flannel shirt. He watches Ava kneel again, now focusing on the same spot.
BEN CARTER
(a slow drawl)
You look for the dust, do you?
AVA VANCE
You know this place. You know the dirt.
He flicks the cigarette butt away; it sizzles briefly on the wet asphalt.
BEN CARTER
Nothing the way the locals say. When the dust settles on old wounds, you don't find evidence, Prosecutor. You find the memory of the ache.
Written by IdeaM from a one-line idea — unedited first draft, a few lines left out for space. The whole pilot: script PDF · the series bible. A half-hour comedy from the same workflow: Robot Fight, 33 pages, with its bible.