I have mentioned the web reviewer Sfdebris before. Recently he reviewed the episode Shades of Grey. This is a clip show which, as he points out, is a thing hated by almost everyone. When I saw he was to review this I though, 'How can you possibly review a clip show. Well he managed it. Here is the review:
What I find particularly interesting is his suggestion of other possibilities for the story. Clip shows come up now and then usually because of money problems. As a writer just starting I hope never to be responsible for a clip show. The easiest way to do that is not to become involved in television!
Being serious I don't understand why clip shows happen. Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Babylon 5 never had clip shows. If you're a skilled writer you can create tension with two people in an empty room. Intersections in Real Time does this. This episode is about an interrogation/torture but there is no reason why that would have to be the theme.
TNG ran into money problems on another occasion. The Drumhead was produced as the writers felt they didn't want to go down the route of another clip show. So I hope never to produce anything of that sort. However from a text perspective, novels and short stories ect. There is something you can do that may sound similar but is very effective.
This I will discuss in the text post. Nothing in writing is ever really waisted.
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