An industry professional is looking for low-budget drama pilots that center on small-town dynamics, family legacies, or multi-generational conflicts. They are greatly interested in stories that are deeply personal yet widely relatable, with a mix of grounded emotional stakes and larger-than-life conflicts. 

The Pro is particularly engaged by scripts that explore family secrets, force characters to balance personal ambition with duty, or showcase small-town intrigue alongside modern themes.

The ideal submission boasts authentic character relationships, emotional depth, and a rich sense of place and community. The structure should be built around serialized storytelling with long-term narrative arcs

Recommended comps include: Friday Night Lights, Gilmore Girls, Virgin River, Sweet Magnolias, and Everwood.

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Want to have more success with Gigs? Here are some tips from our ISA Executives:

Successful loglines can convey a great deal of information in only one or two sentences. This includes:
A distinct main character that promises a strong emotional arc.
A clear concept and insight into how it will develop in the second act.
An understanding of how your unique character and clever concept are synergizing with one another.
An implicit tone for the project overall.

Our ISA Logline Review Service provides over a page of commentary, with notes on up to four variations of your logline. Our Reading Team member will also compose a new logline designed to cover all of the above standards.

Ordering other forms of ISA Feedback can help your screenplay succeed in the highly competitive Writing Gigs environment. A writer with a track record of steadily seeking out notes and improving their portfolio is highly appealing to industry professionals.

A variety of feedback forms can be found via our Script Notes Services.