ABSTRACT
Most of this book focuses on the nitty-gritty of Hollywood development, but this chapter looks at lessons from how Hollywood creates new series that can be applied outside of Hollywood. Four primary themes from the book emerge. First, Hollywood has evolved processes of creative collaboration to generate an enormous volume of commercial entertainment. Second, it builds on what came before. Most Hollywood practitioners are students of television who work to reinvent and re-imagine traditional story structures into new forms, to tell timeless stories with fresh, new voices. Third, Hollywood factors in high rates of failure. Creativity is hard. Most development fails. A few hits pay for many misses. Lastly, television appropriated formats from predecessor media like radio and newspaper comic strips. What new formats will the digital distribution of scripted content inspire? And will they come from industry pros, or from storytellers outside of Hollywood?
