What I Did With The Shadows

I decided to write an episode of What We Do in the Shadows (WWDITS). Here’s what happened.
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The first episode of WWDITS I watched was called “On the Run” (Season 2, Episode 6). In the episode, there's a moment where Laszlo, played by Matt Berry, tells the interviewer with a straight face that he burnt down a building for insurance money. It killed me. Matt’s deadpan had me on the floor laughing! I was immediately into the show’s humour, the world, and the characters.

After getting all hot and sweaty from a mid-second season episode, I went back and started to watch from Season 1. About a couple of episodes in, I started to get ideas for a future episode. This was a first because before writing this script I would just focus on writing my own stories. I didn’t think I could write anything that featured someone else’s world and characters, but within 2 weeks I had completed a 40-page draft. It took about another week to finish a second draft and a solid amount of polishing to be happy with the result.
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I was a bit naive thinking that getting a producer to read a spec script would be as simple as writing the thing and sending it over to their agents. Unfortunately, I didn’t get very far without an agent of own or any rep in the game. I’m still glad that I wrote it. I had so much fun writing this story and playing with these characters. Plus, I’d never written a TV episode before, let alone a script that was longer than 14 pages. It’s been about a couple months since I wrote it and I still enjoy reading it so I feel like it would be a waste if I didn’t share it with others.  

If you do end up reading it, I’d love to know what you think.

Happy reading,
- Ary M