The Essentials of film and television writing

Well known writer BM Vyas, in a lighter vein, pointed out that the most ordinary lives have a lot of drama in it.

Speaking on the hows and whys of scripting a serial, he said that bringing out this drama is as important as the story structure and communication techniques. Asserting the need to keep a balance when dealing with channels, he said a positive outlook was important. An antagonistic attitude would often mean the writer's work not being given an airing while if the writer was willing to work within the constraints of the system there were myriad ways of subtly getting across positive messages, was how he saw it.

The art of scriptwriting need not remain shrouded in secrecy and needs to be discussed and evolved, he said. Honest dialogues and communication with the team working on a serial are as important as the story structure, he added.