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Any tips on writing a good treatment
- Thread starter Rieff
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A pitch and a treatment are two different things.
A treatment is a present tense narrative of the story describing
the action with no dialogue. This can be anywhere from a five or
six pages to more then twenty and will include the full story,
all the main and secondary characters and how they change and
develop.
A pitch is a short summary of the story.
A boxer with a loser mentality is offered a chance by the world
champ to fight for the title but, with the help of his lover
must learn to see himself as a winner before he can step into the
ring.
A pitch can be a little longer and go into more detail, but should
be concise and informational - no more than six to eight sentences.
Try this template:
(Title) is a (genre) about a (description of hero) who, after
(inciting incident), wants to (outer goal) by (plan of action).
This becomes increasingly difficult because (obstacles and
complications).
A treatment is a present tense narrative of the story describing
the action with no dialogue. This can be anywhere from a five or
six pages to more then twenty and will include the full story,
all the main and secondary characters and how they change and
develop.
A pitch is a short summary of the story.
A boxer with a loser mentality is offered a chance by the world
champ to fight for the title but, with the help of his lover
must learn to see himself as a winner before he can step into the
ring.
A pitch can be a little longer and go into more detail, but should
be concise and informational - no more than six to eight sentences.
Try this template:
(Title) is a (genre) about a (description of hero) who, after
(inciting incident), wants to (outer goal) by (plan of action).
This becomes increasingly difficult because (obstacles and
complications).