TV Writers Certificate Course – A 5-Week Intensive Course on Everything You Need to Know about Writing and Pitching for TV!

WHO

IS IT FOR?

All types of writers and screenwriters,

including those wanting to write for television, create a television comedy or

drama, learn about the business of writing for television, and ANYONE

interested in writing for television.

YOU

WILL LEARN:

– The unique structure and tropes of TV

writing

–  Useful insider tips on

how to make your TV project stand out and industry execs take notice.

By the end of this class,

you’ll have completed a solid outline of a TV pilot and be able to pitch it to

a group of Hollywood executives!

WEEKLY

COURSE OUTLINE:

Week 1 – Television Writing

101 (Monday, May 8th)

–  Discussing the key

aspects of the primary TV writing formats and the variations on these formats

that make up today’s television landscape.

–  Comparing and contrasting

the key aspects of one-hour procedurals, character dramas, single camera

comedies, sitcoms and half hour dramadies.

–  Discussing the key

differences between episodic and serialized storytelling, and cable and network

television.

–  Spec’ing existing

television shows and writing original material.

–  Discussing what it means

to be a Television Writer – staff writing, story editing, working in a story

room, show creating, show pitching, and show running.

Week 2 – The One-Hour Drama

and The Half-Hour Comedy (Monday, May 15th)

–  Breaking down a one-hour

drama pilot and a half-hour comedy pilot – the idea, the characters, the

storytelling structure, tone, story arcs, and target audience.

–  Identifying the

difference between network and cable one-hour television, and single camera

comedies and sitcoms.  How are they the same?  How are they

different?  How is network television storytelling changing (or

attempting to change) in response to the success of cable shows?

 Discussing half-hour storytelling on cable television and the

evolution of the dramedy.

Week 3 – Generating and

Crafting Your Television Show Ideas (Monday, May 22nd)

–  Discussing the key

elements of successful television shows and how to generate ideas for

TV.

–  Shaping ideas into

concise loglines.

–  Crafting character

descriptions.

–  Distinguishing a

television series’ tone.

–  Identifying the series’ “engine”.

–  Building elements into

your show ideas that make them work for the extended storytelling aspect of

television.

BREAK:

 Memorial Day is observed on Monday, May

29th.

Week 4 – Pitching and

Developing Your Television Series (Monday, June 5th)

–  Preparing the verbal

pitch.

–  Crafting the pitch

document and how it varies from the series’ Bible.

–  Working with production

companies.

–  Pitching to

broadcasters.

–  Discussing the

development process, shooting the pilot, and writing the series.

Week 5 – Workshop: Pitching

and Analysis/Discussion of Outline (Monday, June 12th)

–  Discussing TV writer

fellowships and pilot writing competitions.

–  Present your short verbal

pitch of your pilot or workshop a scene or a few pages — whatever you would

like to present that you feel best shows your work — for feedback.

Guest Speakers:

A TV writer and a producer (names TBA)

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Course Location for LIVE

EVENT:

Rough Diamond

Productions

1424 N. Kings Road

West Hollywood, CA 90069

Information for Online or

VOD:

Provided upon

registration.

ABOUT THE

INSTRUCTOR:

CYNTHIA RIDDLE has

written film/TV projects for CBS, Hallmark Hall of

Fame, Lifetime, Showtime,

MGM, Starz, Netflix,

Disney, Nickelodeon, PBS,

and MarVista.  She has two feature films heading

into production in 2017 — Curtains (a WGA Feature Writer

Access Project honoree) to be produced by the Academy Award nominated producer

of Dallas Buyers Club and filmed in Paris, and true crime drama The

Romeo and Juliet Killers.

Cynthia and frequent writing partner

Peter Hunziker’s pilot script, Blood Brothers, was a Top 20

Finalist in the 2016 AMC/Austin Film Festival screenwriting

competition (out of 9,100 entries), as well as a Finalist in the

Sundance Episodic Story Lab, and winner of the WGA’s

Drama Queens pilot competition.

Cynthia and Peter penned the

award-winning, highly-rated CBS/Hallmark Hall of Fame film

Crossroads based on the true story of a man who forgave the

teen driver who killed his wife and daughter while drag racing.  They

also wrote the popular film Puppy Love for Hallmark Channel,

and celebrity biopic The Brittany Murphy Story which aired

on Lifetime.

Cynthia has produced award-winning

short films that won/were finalists in the Coca Cola Refreshing

Filmmakers Award and Project Greenlight.

 She has an MFA in Screenwriting/Film Production from UCLA, and was a

former development executive at MGM, launching her writing

career with a writing/producing deal at the studio.  Cynthia serves on

many Writers Guild committees including a long-term stint as Vice

Chair of the Committee of Women Writers.  She is on the

Board of the LA Femme International Film Festival, and also

teaches screenwriting at UCLA.

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-Jeff