Apr 20th
8am–8pm EDT
Learn the art of crafting compelling television scripts in the heart of New York City, with classes ranging from introductory courses that cover the fundamentals of TV writing to advanced workshops that delve into the intricacies of character development and plot structure.
1 class in-person in NYC has spots left, and 11 classes live online are available.
New York International Screenplay Awards @ 358 West 44th Street, New York, NY
Learn to create powerful dialogue in this advanced screenwriting workshop at the prestigious New York International Screenplay Awards. Discover the principles of effective dialogue, character development, consistency, subtext, and content transformation in this compact and informative course. Unlock your screenwriting potential and receive a certificate and free feedback for your screenplays.
Apr 20th
8am–8pm EDT
Apr 21st
8am–8pm EDT
Apr 27th
8am–8pm EDT
Apr 28th
8am–8pm EDT
May 4th
8am–8pm EDT
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Learn the secrets to developing a hit comedy show and creating memorable characters in the five-week Online TV Comedy Pilot Writing Workshop at Writing Pad. With guidance from an instructor who has worked on shows like Community and Superstore, you'll develop the formula for your own series and have everything you need to pitch it. Don't miss your chance to bring your comedic ideas to life!
Apr 27th
10am–1pm PDT
Meets 5 Times
May 5th
10:30am–1:30pm PDT
Meets 5 Times
May 18th
10:30am–1:30pm PDT
Meets 5 Times
Jul 21st
10:30am–1:30pm PDT
Meets 5 Times
Turn your brilliant TV drama idea into a page-turning script with Writing Pad's online class. Learn to craft a great logline, structure a compelling story, and plan a season arc that hooks the audience. Get ready to create an irresistible TV drama pilot!
Apr 27th
10am–1pm PDT
Meets 4 Times
Apr 29th
6–9pm PDT
Meets 5 Times
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Learn from TV comedy expert, Jack Kukoda, how to transform your beat sheets into a hilarious pilot script in this 8-week online workshop. Develop your characters, write an engaging opening scene, and turn your roadmap into literary gold. By the end, you'll be on your way to revising your first draft and creating an Emmy-worthy comedy.
Apr 24th
5:30–8:30pm PDT
Meets 10 Times
May 7th
5:30–8:30pm PDT
Meets 10 Times
Gotham Writers Workshop @ Zoom Conference
Start creating your TV script for an existing show in this comprehensive workshop. This beginner-friendly course covers everything from episode ideas and character development to the technical format for TV scripts and the real-world process of writing TV shows. Get ready to take your TV writing skills to the next level.
Apr 24th
7–10pm EDT
Meets 10 Times
Master the essential principles of TV pilot writing and craft a compelling story with a rock-solid spine. Join TV writer Tyler Dinucci (American Gods, Drop Dead Diva) in this one-day structure clinic and launch your pilot firmly into the series. Don't miss your chance to put your TV series on firm footing!
May 4th
10am–1pm PDT
Jun 1st
10am–1pm PDT
Jul 13th
10:30am–1:30pm PDT
Craft your TV comedy pilot into literary gold with industry pro Matt Zinman. Elevate your writing with theme, tighten dialogue, and master killer openings. Join our alumni in landing staff positions on hit shows like FARGO and PERRY MASON.
Apr 21st
10am–1pm PDT
Meets 7 Times
Learn how to transform your TV pilot from a messy draft to a captivating masterpiece in this ten-week online workshop. Craft amazing outlines, write scenes with a clear beginning, middle, and end, and capture the imagination of readers with your storytelling skills. Join now and gain the confidence to finish your pilot with flair.
Apr 29th
5:30–9pm PDT
Meets 8 Times
In the TV Fellowship Bootcamp at Writing Pad, you'll learn from industry expert Paola Limon and master the art of crafting a compelling personal story that will make you stand out in the grueling fellowship application process. Don't miss your chance to break through the sound barrier and join the ranks of successful TV writers.
Apr 27th
10:30am–1:30pm PDT
Meets 2 Times
Refine your TV script word by word, line by line. Learn how to introduce characters, write a killer opening scene, and turn your first draft into literary gold in this advanced TV writing course. Take your career to the next level with the impeccable pilot script.
May 30th
5:30–8:30pm PDT
Meets 8 Times
Start creating your TV script for an existing show in this comprehensive workshop. This beginner-friendly course covers everything from episode ideas and character development to the technical format for TV scripts and the real-world process of writing TV shows. Get ready to take your TV writing skills to the next level.
Jul 9th
12am–11:45pm EDT
Meets 2 Times
Craft your literary masterpiece into a compelling TV pilot with guidance from acclaimed writer Corinne Stikeman. Gain invaluable insights into the art of adaptation, learning essential screenwriting techniques to transform your story into captivating visual storytelling. Elevate your narrative skills and embark on the journey of bringing your characters and worlds to life on the screen.
Jacob Krueger Studio @ 247 W 35th St, New York, NY
Do you have an idea for an awesome TV show? Have you written a TV pilot and want to take the next step? You’re ready for this 4-week workshop where you’ll learn how to organically craft a successful TV series bible. With an emphasis on in-class exercises, group participation and deconstructing successful examples of the form, we’ll start from the seed of your idea, and develop it into a killer pitch document. By the end of this course, you’ll...
Jacob Krueger Studio @ 247 W 35th St, New York, NY
Whether you’re writing a TV Drama, TV Comedy, Dramedy or Web Series pilot, a great TV Series Pilot must do more than just tell a great story. It must suggest a blueprint for every episode that follows: a model for a unique structural engine that will generate the same genre experience, in a slightly different way, episode after episode and season after season. In this TV Pilot Weekend with Award Winning Screenwriter Jacob Krueger, you’ll...
Primary Stages ESPA @ 307 W 38th St, New York, NY
“Web Therapy,” “Very Mary-Kate,” and “Broad City” are just three hilarious examples of web series: the short form programming created especially for the internet and designed with the immediacy of the audience in mind. This digital marriage of screen and television writing is a platform for writers to do what they want, unrestricted by producers or censors and uniquely positioned to go viral. Over the course of this 10-week class, our...
The New York Screenwriter's Lab @ 104 W 14th St, New York, NY
The One-Day TV Pilot Crash Course will give you a comprehensive overview of a structure and elements that combine to create a successful TV show (comedy or drama). Through lecture, exercises and discussion. The topics covered will include: The various structures used in TV. And which structure will best suit needs of your show. How to pack your show with enough conflict to generate multiple seasons worth of fresh-feeling stories. How to create...
Jacob Krueger Studio @ 247 W 35th St, New York, NY
For writers brand new to television, looking to dip a toe in the water before embarking on our Writers Room Workshops in TV Comedy, TV Drama and Web Series, this new 4 Week intro class provides a foundation in TV and Web Series Writing. You’ll get writing from the very first day, find and develop an idea that inspires you, and begin to shape the characters, themes and world of the show you’ve always wanted to write.
Primary Stages ESPA @ 307 W 38th St, New York, NY
This 4-day, two weekend workshop will focus on the core elements of writing an original 1-hour dramatic series pilot script—from premise to outline to completed teleplay. This workshop might be for you if you: Are a writer who has written in other formats and want to learn the fundamentals of creating a one hour series. Have taken the TV Writing Workshop: The 1-Hour Spec Script at ESPA. Want to write an original 1-hour drama pilot script....
Made in NY Media Center by IFP @ 30 John St, Brooklyn, NY
The television and streaming programs available to viewers today are more vibrant and varied than ever before. This one-day, six-hour intensive taught by a working TV writer will introduce you to the fundamentals of writing a TV series. You’ll learn how a writers’ room works as a team to create stories, and you’ll come away with tips for writing your own spec pilot. Instructor Laura Marks (The Good Fight, The Expanse, The Exorcist) will lead...
Q.E.D. @ 27-16 23rd Ave, Astoria, NY
"Anatomy of a 1-Liner", is a two-hour joke writing course which describes the various types of 1-Liner jokes used in monologues and roasts, and teaches how to write them. Students will also be able to have a few of their own jokes "punched up" at the end of the course.
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