Get your hands on some TV bibles today.
Writing a TV show bible is the first step in seeing your idea go from paper to the screen. It's also the document that will ensure that executives and future staffed writers know what's going on. But how do you make one?
We have a complete guide to making a TV bible as well as a template. But I think it's equally important to look at some professional documents and suss out which strategies they used that work the best for you.
So check out a plethora of examples below!
34 TV Bible Examples for Screenwriters
- Battlestar Galactica
- Bordertown
- Callan
- Charlie Jade
- The Corner
- The Crow
- Dark Skies
- Dead Zone
- Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
- Doctor Who
- Family Biz
- Fargo Season One
- Farscape (by Stephen Gallagher for Space Chase, later realized by Rockne S O'Bannon as Farscape)
- Freaks and Geeks
- Gangs of London
- Grey's Anatomy
- Lost - Series Format Guide
- Marry Me - Pitch
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
- He-Ro, Son of He-Man
- New Girl - Pitch
- Poltergeist: The Legacy
- Press Gang
- Project Blue Book
- Quantum Leap
- Robin of Sherwood (Handwritten)
- Scrubs
- Sheena
- Six
- Stargate SG-1 - Season Three Writers' Bible
- The Starlost
- Star Trek
- Stranger Things
- Terra Nova - Arcs and Mythologies
What did you learn from these? Let us know in the comments!
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