B&B: Daytime Drama Spec From Outlines

I haven't updated the blog in awhile, but I have an entry that you might find interesting: it's a spec I wrote for the CBS serial, The Bold and the Beautiful, based on an outline I was able to obtain prior to the show's actual air date. I decided that although my original spec script was solid, I had to prove that I could follow a head writer's outlines and standards.

While I don't feel that I am at liberty to legally show you the outline(because it is ownership of the show and not my own work), I will show you the unsolicited script I wrote based from it. I was 23, it was fun work, and it was a way to put my talent in the hands of those in charge. The specs I sent to them were likely placed on file, which lead to being recruited for the trial opportunity with B&B when they were seeking a new scriptwriter. I wrote two of them in the matter of a week. And this is one of them: #5346.

Those who are unfamiliar with B&B or the way daytime dramas are run, you will notice several things about this "unedited" script:

1.) This is not in traditional script form. This is the first draft of what a Head Writer/Additional Staff Writer/Producer/Production Coordinator/Network Executive will typically read when (s)he looks over what will be taped for the following week. The Head/Associate Writers will use the extra line space below to make additional line changes, make notes, etc. That is then given to the production coordinators to type/cut/paste into the full length script that is given to all departments.

2.) The "Gunnar" character was the working name for the character we now know as Owen(played by Brandon Beemer). In addition, you'll notice the dialogue for Gunnar/Owen is souped up with lots of "dawg" and "man." Those were suggestions from the outline and I think they were supposed to illustrate Owen's cool/street factor.

3.) I think there is a long, carefully explained greeting or exit with Marcus and Rick that involves the fistbump without using the actual term. I laugh looking back at how I tried to make that sound more technical than what it was.

So here you go: Spec Script for Show #5346

PLEASE NOTE: The Bold and the Beautiful and its characters and stories are the ownership of Bell-Phillip Television Productions, Inc. Spec #5346 was not performed or used in the production of the series. This Spec Script has been added to my blog as part of my efforts to build a web portfolio. If any copyrights or trademarks are being violated by the posting of this unedited script, please e-mail raymond.burks@gmail.com and I will be more than happy to remove it.