Good Ideas for TV Programme

Maybe you have what you think is a saleable, viable idea for a TV show, or you may have strong writing skills but haven’t yet found an idea that engages you. Here are just a few sources for your programming ideas.

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• Friends, family, or fellow students. They have good ideas but aren’t writers.
  
• People you meet on a plane or at a party; everybody has an interesting story to tell.
  
• Newspapers. Big city or small town papers report stories from real life.
  
• The Internet.A lot of sites now pitch scripts, talk about plots, etc.
  
• Libraries. Find out what books or plays are in the public domain, like Jane Austin, Charles Dickens, and Shakespeare. Adapt them, or “borrow” freely.
  
• Book expos.Publishers large and small promote their books and authors; find ideas among them. Option the ones you think you can develop.
  
• History.Truth is as interesting as fiction, and cheaper. Put your character in a real situation, or imagine what could have happened, if…?
  
• Biographies.Why are famous people interesting? Read them for ideas for stories as well as some of the techniques and skills that made them famous.
  
• Steal from the best. Read great books, narrative and nonfiction, and see if they inspire any ideas in you. Something a character does or says might compel you to take a different direction that becomes your own.
  
• Your own creative well.Inside that brain of yours is an endless pool of ideas. You just have to tap into them. That’s the same brain that dreams with astonishing results. Try some techniques, like giving yourself a problem to solve right before you go to sleep. Get into your subconscious and see what’s in there. Keep a notebook or tape recorder with you and jot down ideas, snatches of conversations you hear, a sight gag, or an incident you see on the street.