Originally posted by: BrhannadaArmour
I would like to see evidence for this assertion. Which story have you read on India Forums that ...
- Has something happening every day for several months
- Maintains supporting characters' scene presence
- Is divided into equal-length daily episodes with cliffhangers
- Is written at a steady pace of six episodes per week
Amateurs create fan fiction for fun, freely. TV creatives have to deliver on schedule, even when they're not feeling inspired. They may aspire to artistic quality, but if romantic drama of the correct size isn't turned in on time, every day, they may never find work again.
I started writing a story fifteen months ago, and now I'm working on Chapter Thirty-Four, which is still only the fifth day of the plot! I wanted to write the kind of suspenseful romance between family-based lead characters that is the stuff of TV daily dramas, while exploring topics that TV won't touch and expressing the characters' train of thought. I can afford to take breaks and write other stories because my livelihood doesn't depend on it.
Other fan fiction writers skip weeks or months in their plots because they know that readers want payoff, not gradual character growth.
A daily drama's story writer has to think in terms of how many more air dates the show has, which seasonal holidays the characters must celebrate, actors' contracts and illnesses, and available sets. There may not be enough time to question whether the upcoming plot is consistent with earlier character delineation, or whether next week's athletic spectacle is plausible after this week's medical crisis. The goal is to keep the pot boiling, not to experiment with fresh ingredients.
https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/topic/5269509
To elicit a predictable audience response, they serve predictable premises, predictable conflicts, predictable dialogues with predictable reaction shots, and most importantly, predictable background music.
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