What documents come out of the break-to-draft pipeline (board, beat sheet, outline, drafts) and how long does each stage take, according to open practitioner text?
Espenson's single-show account gives the only stage timings found: outline about a day by one author (9-14 pages, or a lighter beat sheet), notes within the day, first draft 3 days to 2 weeks (about 52 pages from a dozen-page outline), notes sessions usually under an hour, second draft in a few days, 3-4 drafts then a showrunner shooting draft. How long the group break takes and how a season arc becomes episode assignments are not stated. The WGA text gives only employment-duration floors for development and post-greenlight rooms.
Espenson's single-show account gives the only stage timings found: outline about a day by one author (9-14 pages, or a lighter beat sheet), notes within the day, first draft 3 days to 2 weeks (about 52 pages from a dozen-page outline), notes sessions usually under an hour, second draft in a few days, 3-4 drafts then a showrunner shooting draft. How long the group break takes and how a season arc becomes episode assignments are not stated. The WGA text gives only employment-duration floors for development and post-greenlight rooms.
Curator qualifications: Timings are one writer's account of one set of shows, not measurements.
Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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- [sourced_fact] Espenson's single-show account gives the only stage timings found: outline about a day by one author (9-14 pages, or a lighter beat sheet), notes within the day, first draft 3 days to 2 weeks (about 52 pages from a dozen-page outline), notes sessions usually under an hour, second draft in a few days, 3-4 drafts then a showrunner shooting draft. How long the group break takes and how a season arc becomes episode assignments are not stated. The WGA text gives only employment-duration floors for development and post-greenlight rooms. · locator: outline section source
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