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Your show#

The overview of a TV show, between the pitch you choose and the pilot.

Note: TV may not be visible yet. It is opening to writers in stages.

When you start A new show in the wizard and choose one of its pitches, Nabu opens your show before the pilot. Everything on it comes from the pitch you chose. You can change any of it here, or press Continue to the pilot and come back later. Nothing on the page has to be filled in first.

What's on the page#

The page reads top to bottom in the order a show is usually decided.

  • Length — how long an episode runs. The strip under it shows where the act breaks fall.
  • What kind of show — Ongoing (season by season) or Limited (one story, then the end).
  • Shape — what each episode holds: its own story, one long story, or both.
  • Story engine, World, Where it goes, This episode's job — click any of them to put it in your own words.
  • The regulars — the people back in every episode. Click one to open their character card, the same card as on the Characters page. Add a person adds someone new.
  • Seasons — a line or two for each season and how many episodes it takes. Add or remove seasons as you like; none beyond the first is fine.

Hover any label for a one-line note.

Changing the kind, the length or the shape#

Each change takes effect straight away.

  • Limited asks how the story ends first. Write the ending, and the show becomes limited. Seasons after the first are kept aside, not deleted; switch back to Ongoing and they return.
  • A length can't change once episodes are made at it. The page says why under the control.

After a change like these, or a change to the Story engine, the page says The pilot's plan was built on the earlier show. Press Replan the pilot to plan the pilot on the show as it is now, or leave it and carry on. The line goes away once the new plan is made.

From the synopsis or treatment, the line names what Replan sets aside and says you can restore it from History. That copy is saved before the rewind. Replan takes you back to your show and starts the pilot again. Scenes you wrote stay.

Good to know#

  • Changes to your show are saved as you make them.
  • Only a workspace admin can change a show. Everyone else sees it as it is; someone outside the workspace sees the show as it was pitched.