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Don't Remind Me by Barry Katz - Series, Sitcom, Pilot - A doctor's perfect life unravels when a down-and-out ladies' man arrives on his doorstep to cash in on an I.O.U. from grade school. 52 pages - pdf, format
Producers / Directors who may be interested in the project: I have talent attached to play the lead male roles. You can see them in action in the following short film:
Also, if you haven't already listened to the theme song for "Don't Remind Me," I highly recommend it. It was written and produced by an exceptionally talented pair of composers in the U.K. Link below:
I have just a few notes, suggestions and maybe a question or two for you.
Questions: Did you use some sort of screenwriting software when you wrote this? If not, you may find it helpful to do so. There are a lot of great free ones out there; WriterDuet, Celtx, FadeIn, to name a few. I asked this because a lot of your spacing seems off. Particularly in the dialogue.
Also, maybe I am unfamiliar with series writing, but is it customary to tell us which characters are going to be in the scene? This could be a shooting script and if so, that might make more sense.
Parenthetical: Normally they fall between the characters name and the dialogue. Example: DAVID (Loudly) Tiff? Honey? The omelets are getting cold.
Underlying: Maybe it's just me. But my eyes seemed to dart to the underlying in your screenplay too often. Whether is be, the sluglines or you trying to accentuate a word or action. So in a way I found it a bit distracting and a little hard on the eyes in regards to a fifty two page script. But again, that's just me.
Yep... I'm familiar with screenplay formatting. TV scripts are formatted differently to film scripts. I've written a number of shorts and features --- this was my first TV script. I recommend checking out the full audio version of the script. Much better than reading it