Steps, each attributed. (1) Write the 'format' core: the framework the central running characters operate in and that repeats each episode; the setting, theme, premise or general story line; distinct central running characters with detailed characterizations and their interplay; optionally suggeste…

Steps, each attributed. (1) Write the 'format' core: the framework the central running characters operate in and that repeats each episode; the setting, theme, premise or general story line; distinct central running characters with detailed characterizations and their interplay; optionally suggested story lines for individual episodes (WGA MBA Art. 1.C.24.a). (2) For a multi-part story or serial, extend it to a contractual 'bible' by adding much greater detail on context, framework, central premises, themes and progression; a detailed overall story development for the series or first season; detailed story lines for all or most projected episodes; and detailed character descriptions (Art. 1.C.24.b, only when requested by the Company). (3) For a funder, size the package to the funder's list: Screen Ireland first stage asks for a logline, synopsis, a first-draft bible of 10 A4 pages excluding images, a 1-2 page pilot outline (not a full pilot script), notes on further development, a development budget and evidence of rights; second stage asks for a polished bible with detailed outlines plus pilot or episode scripts. (4) For adaptations, show how the source material will translate to screen (Screen Ireland). (5) Keep deliverable types distinct (format, bible, story, teleplay, plot outline) because the Guild prices and reverts them separately (see w2-t01-F06). (6) A practitioner template exists as seed record provideocoalition-series-bible and was not re-read here. Rationale: Each step is stated by one of the cited documents; the ordering and the combination of a union contract definition with a funder's stage list is the collector's synthesis, so the whole is labelled inference. Counterevidence: Screen Australia names a series bible among fundable items without defining its contents or length; no fetched source gives a mandatory page count or section list for a WGA bible; practitioner templates vary by market. Uncertainty: This method was not executed by the collector; every step is read from the cited sources only. Whether following these steps yields a bible a given buyer accepts is unknown. Sources: - https://www.wga.org/uploadedfiles/contracts/mba23.pdf - https://www.screenireland.ie/funding/development-loans/television-drama-development - https://www.screenireland.ie/funding/funding-process-and-procedure/development-funding-guidelines - https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Guidelines-First-Nations.pdf - https://www.wga.org/uploadedfiles/contracts/2026_schedule_of_minimums.pdf Checked: 2026-10-17

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