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I noticed multiple similarities to our ideas on this topic. Awesome job, Kristin!

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film-closing doors v.s. t.v.-leaving as many doors open as you can

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film-closing doors v.s. t.v.-leaving as many doors open as you can

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multiple meetings for each episode to be produced

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multiple meetings for each episode to be produced

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constantly having to sell your idea for budget for more seasons

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constantly having to sell your idea for budget for more seasons

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film scripts are written for the entirety of the movie, while television scripts are written on the go.

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film scripts are written for the entirety of the movie, while television scripts are written on the go.

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We can all agree that good storytelling is good storytelling; it doesn't matter if it comes from TV, Film, video games, comic books, or theater. There are critical aspects of storytelling that remain the same in every medium. That being said, there are important differences in writing for each an every one of them.

TV and Film are very similar, especially nowadays with shows like Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, and Narcos turning into something like very long movies, instead of the episodic shows of old, still, there are significant differences between them.

TV shows have two or three distinct structures at play at the same time. They have the structure of the episode, which in one-hour dramas is usually a 4 act one, then they have the season structure, everything that's going on should lead to some sort of culmination at the end of the season. And then ideally, every season should serve the overarching narrative of the whole series.

A series like Avatar: The Last Airbender follows that triple structure, and does so very successfully, with all the characters arcs evolving through different seasons and culminating at the series finale.

Films generally have just one structure, unless they are part of something bigger like the MCU, so its easier for a writer to plot out a movie rather than a whole series.

In film, writers usually have a small set of character and very rarely do they get to develop different arcs for all of them. You see, films are restricted by time in a way TV isn't, so you only have about two hours to tell your tale, which means most of the writers' attention goes into the main character, and maybe one or two secondary ones.

Take Star Wars: Episode IV, for example, during the movie, most of the attention and change is focused on Luke and his hero's journey. The only character to change during the film besides him is Han Solo, who goes from "lone wolf" to a regular member of the rebellion.

In TV you have much more time, which means writers have more freedom to develop the characters and their respective arcs. And not only that, in TV writers have the luxury of a much larger cast, where many different stories and arcs can spawn off.

Take something like Game of Thrones or Orange Is the New Black, both of these series have large casts, and many of the characters in them get to evolve and develop throughout the seasons.

As we can see, writing for TV can be very challenging, one has to keep in mind different overarching structures, a large set of characters, and their respective arcs while writing. For these reasons writers rarely tackle TV shows alone, they have a "Writers' Room" where many writers, led by the showrunner, plan what's going to happen during the season and on each of episodes. TV writing is very collaborative, and even though just one writer might sign the final script of the episode, many others influenced the story and the plot points inside of it.

Movie writing is rarely that collaborative unless writers are dealing with a big franchise, then they might have some writers' room or team to tackle the story of each film. But usually, a single screenwriter takes on the script, and then he does different versions of it depending on the notes he gets from producers and studio executives.

TV writing and film writing are similar when looked from afar, but when you really get into the minutia of each medium, you'll see more and more differences between them.

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3 Differences Between Film and TV Writing

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We can all agree that good storytelling is good storytelling; it doesn't matter if it comes from TV, Film, video games, comic books, or theater. There are critical aspects of storytelling that remain the same in every medium. That being said, there are important differences in writing for each an every one of them.