Major Project - Writing Treatments

I am in the midst of writing Episode 2 right now, and very soon I will most likely start writing out my treatments. I previously did part of this in my pre-Production phase. There are a few reasons why Treatments can be extremely useful, and particularly when pitching a series with more that a couple of episodes, it is a necessity. If a script is the blueprint for the movie, the treatment is the blueprint for the script. It's the base, and what you lean on when you sit down and write. A treatment is a rundown of every scene, with bits of dialogue sprinkled in between.

This is very useful, because when I sit down and write, I know where I can go next, because I know if I get lost, I can always go back to the treatment. In large part, a treatment is basically a summary of what happens in your movie. It simply tells the story from beginning to end. This serves as an outline which will guide me in the writing the screenplay process. It is also a useful tactic for overcoming writers block, as you can essentially get to the meat and potatoes of the story.

Stephen King, 1973. In the midst of writing another chapter.