Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20170419212817/@comment-25926288-20170421135200

Farerb wrote:

Eskaver wrote:

Kates39 wrote: I think Once Upon a Time is missing a real plan - an outline of how to get everything and everyone A to B - which they ensure every writer has some understanding of before they come into the picture so they know what the next stage is.

I often feel like I have skipped something when I watch the show. I don't think the next writer always knows, or sticks to, what the previous episodes have done so we go round in circles in terms of character development and plot lines. Going by what Jane has described, they do make and have an outline. I feel though each writer goes by the general outline with varying levels of details used by the previous episode.

I do agree. I remember Regina's struggle in 5x22 (by Chambliss and Horgan) get restated in 5x23 in a lesser quality way by A&E when they both aired back to back. She ment outline for an episode - notes from A&E of what they want to happen in an episode. Not a overall season outline, A&E's method seems like throwing things around and see what sticks. If they had a plan, a real plan, the series wouldn't have beel "all over the place" all the time. Yeah, I know, but I thnk it comes from a general outline they form somewhat together before the season. So, I think they have an outline, but the episode outline varies how general and specific things are which leads to these weird spots.

Like, if you and I got the same information, we'd write two different episodes, whether slightly or immense.So, when one pair gets episode 2 then another pain gets the outline of episode 3, I feel that they lack to nuances and such from epsiode 2.