SPRINGBOARDS
I'm having trouble coming up with springboards for Unseen. I've got a rich world. Interesting characters. But the stories aren't character stories, they're supernatural ones, and ...
... that may be the problem. I'm coming at it from a supernatural point of view instead of a character point of view. Maybe if I come at it from "what's going on in Rebecca's life and how does the supernatural impinge on that" rather than the other way around, I can figure out what happens in a typical episode of the show.
Otherwise I'm going to have to put the pitch down for a bit. Because right now I'm not seeing the show. I'm seeing the bible for the show, but not the episodes.
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The best standalone eps of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and, probably, any good f&sf show have the supernatural as a metaphor for a character problem. Old Twilight Zones often did it in the most obvious way: a man who wants to be alone becomes the last person on Earth, etc. Sometimes you shouldn't be afraid to start with the obvious. You just shouldn't end there.
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