Instructor: Sam Marks
Monday, 12:00-2:45pm | Location: TBD
Enrollment: Limited to 12 students
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This workshop introduces the television pilot with a focus on prestige drama and serialized comedy. Students will excavate their own voice and explore the structure and execution of pilot writing through a first draft of their own original script. With intensive reading and discussion of student work we will examine elements of TV writing, such as treatments and outlines as well as character, dialogue, tone, plot, and, most importantly, vision. Over the semester, we’ll turn ideas into worlds and worlds into scripts.
Apply via Submittable (deadline: 11:59pm EDT on Sunday, April 7)
Supplemental Application Information: Prior experience in dramatic writing is encouraged, though not necessary. Please submit a 5-10 page writing sample (preferably a play or screenplay, but all genres are acceptable). Also, write a few sentences about one of your favorite television shows and why you wish to write for TV.