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| Release date | November 2011 |
This is a good book: http://www.amazon.com/Writing-TV-Drama-Series2nd-Professional-ebook/dp/B003FQM2YS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1411569637&sr=8-2&keywords=Writing+tv+drama
But honestly... just know what your A, B and C stories are. How many sub plots depends on your genre. Sitcoms have 3, Dramas normally have 2-3, some dramas have 4.
Everytime you see a commercial break in TV, that's the end of an act. Write towards your act outs, make them punchy, make them suspenseful. Keep the audience over the break.
TV usually has 4-5 Acts, rather than 3. Plus some shows have a teaser or cold open, and others have a tag (something that comes after the story is over, sometimes after the final commercial break, Sitcoms like to do this as one final joke)
What's better than a book is to think of 3 shows that are similar to your idea. Go out and read 3 scripts from those shows. They should be easy to find. Break down the scripts into acts, break them down into story lines.
Case in point, I was writing a spec for Brooklyn Nine Nine. Their stories have a cold open, four acts and a tag. Their acts ALWAYS end on the A-Plot. Their A-plot is always the detective story, they have a B and C plot as well. The A-Plot is always wrapped up by the end of the 3rd act. The 4th act serves as a wrap up / I'm sorry act, ALWAYS. It might seem weird, but go watch an episode. They will always be apologizing or setting the world back to normal in the 4th act.
I learned this by reading every script I could find and plotting it out in a spreadsheet so I could notice the pattern.
I have Writing the TV Drama Series which not only outlines the different aspects of the script in terms of formatting, different act structures, etc., but also the industry schedules, in terms of gearing up during certain months, filming, post, broadcast.