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Hurry, Course Starts
Thursday!
In this four-week
course, an established executive producer/showrunner will
give you an inside look at the world of dramatic, episodic television.
You will explore—and practice—the actual process involved in
successfully writing a spec episodic script that will open doors across
Hollywood.
When you enroll in this course, you will learn how to analyze a TV show
and develop “franchise”-friendly story ideas for a one-hour drama. Then
you’ll build upon those skills to develop and write a story under the
direction of the course’s instructor, who will be acting as showrunner.
After incorporating his notes, you will be sent off to write your
outline—or beat sheet—which is a breakdown of entire episode, beat by
beat. You’ll receive feedback from your instructor and incorporate the
suggestions into your outline leaving you at the end of the course
ready to write an episodic script for a drama…the first step in getting
a job on a TV series!
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- How
to write an episodic script that is exactly like the series you’re
writing for yet is also uniquely, unmistakably you
- How
to deal with restrictions—the franchise, the four-act structure,
the budget, the shooting schedule—and create something new, fresh,
and different
- How
to take a one-paragraph story idea and spin it into one-pager, or
sales pitch
- How
to plot, or “crack a story”
- How
to use your beat sheet to write your spec script
- and
much
more!
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Instructor: William Rabkin
William Rabkin,
author of WRITING THE PILOT and co-author of best-selling book
SUCCESSFUL TELEVISION WRITING, is a veteran showrunner whose executive
producing credits include “Missing,” “Diagnosis Murder,” and “Martial
Law.” He has most recently written for A&E’s new hit show The
Glades. His writing and/or producing credits also include “Monk,”
“Psych,” “SeaQuest,” “Spenser: For Hire,” “Hunter,” “Baywatch,”
“Sliders,” “The Cosby Mysteries,” and “Nero Wolfe,” to name a few. In
addition, Rabkin has directed episodes of “Diagnosis Murder” and
several short films. He has led writing seminars in Madrid and
Stockholm, consulted for broadcasters in Germany, Sweden, and the
Netherlands, and served as an adjunct professor of screenwriting at
Stephens College. He is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of
creative writing in the University of California, Riverside’s MFA
Program, Palm Desert Graduate Center, and also teaches television
writing at the UCLA Extension.
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Whether you're
completely new to writing screenplays or you're an experienced
screenwriter looking to add a new skill, Script University has a course
for you, all from the comfort of your home! Click
here to view
the full course schedule >>
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This Week's
Webinar:
Tis' The
Season: How to Write the Holiday-Themed Script
Instructor:
Jon James Miller
Thursday, December 17, 1:00 PM PST
The holiday movie genre is one of the most popular in the film
industry with sky-rocketing budgets and huge production values. Whether
animated or live-action, mixed-genre or throwback original, this
webinar demystifies the process of creating an exciting and engaging
holiday-themed original spec screenplay.
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Courses
Starting This Week:
Beginning
Television Writing
Instructor:
William Rabkin
In this four-week course, an established executive
producer/showrunner will give you an inside look at the world of
dramatic, episodic television. You will explore—and practice—the actual
process involved in successfully writing a spec episodic script that
will open doors across Hollywood.
Mastering the Conventions of Horror Writing
Instructor:
Neal Stevens
Horror has been one of the staples of film ever since the medium was
invented. This genre is truly a writer’s medium: If you can present a
new version of an old concept and scare us on the page, your script can
sell. Plus, there is always room for innovation and creativity within
the field. That’s why horror is a natural choice for many a
screenwriter.
The Fundamentals of Screenwriting: Give your
Script a Solid Foundation
Instructor:
Donald H Hewitt
Have an amazing idea for a movie, but don’t know how to begin writing
it? In this course, you will gain the tools to structure your scenes,
your acts, and your plots. This four-week workshop is the perfect
introduction to the fantastic world of writing a script, from the
fundamentals of the story down to the revision process.
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Featured
Course:
Scriptreading
Certificate Program
Instructor:
Brian O'Malley
December 31 - February 25
This course will show you, step-by-step, how to write script
coverage. We will cover key elements of screenwriting coverage,
including analysis of structure, plot, characters, dialogue and genre
through the eyes of a film executive. Get your certification and start
making money!
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EXPERT INSTRUCTORS | CONVENIENT ACCESS
INVALUABLE FEEDBACK
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The holiday movie
genre is one of the most popular in the film industry with
sky-rocketing budgets and huge production values. More important, after
their initial theatrical run, holiday movies go on to be replayed every
year and become contemporary classics, providing a perpetual source of
revenue for their creators.
But writing a new
holiday classic can be much harder than it would appear.
Today,
holiday-themed movies bring in billions of dollars a year in revenue.
From Christmas to Thanksgiving to Valentine’s Day, they fill a very
necessary need for holiday content with built-in marketing campaigns
and long, lucrative residual streams on TV and cable. Networks play
those movies endlessly with such classics as It’s a Wonderful Life and A Christmas Story often
running on 24-hour loops. Outlets such as the Hallmark and Lifetime
Channels have a voracious need for Holiday-themed content and will
often take a chance on a new writer who has a fresh take on an old
classic.
Whether animated or
live-action, mixed-genre or throwback original, this
webinar demystifies the process of creating an exciting and
engaging holiday-themed original spec screenplay. Techniques for
creating the heart of your story while avoiding familiar tropes and
cliches of the holiday movie genre will be explored, with real-life
examples contemporary classics such as Bad Santa, Die Hard, Christmas
Vacation, Elf, The Santa Clause movies, Home Alone, Scrooged, and more.
Jon has written several
award-winning screenplays and assisted dozens of screenwriters in
perfecting their scripts for sale on the market. He has also been a
professional reader for studio executives, and written coverage for
hundreds of original spec screenplays. He knows the most important
element in any script is having a unique and compelling voice from the
start, and he will help you find and showcase your writing talent from
page one, scene one.
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- How
to structure and format your script to highlight your writing
- How
to approach a holiday-themed concept with a fresh and original
hook
- How
to not get caught using tried tropes and obvious holiday clichés
in your script
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- Writers
who want to break through with a new holiday classic spec script
- Writers
who want to add a compelling writing sample to their stable of
work
- Writers
who have a great idea for a holiday movie and need help in
executing it
- Writers
who need advice on developing franchise-worthy characters and stories
- Writers
looking to adapt a holiday classic into a contemporary story with
a unique twist
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Instructor: Jon James Miller
Jon James Miller is
an award-winning screenwriter, novelist and short story writer. His
debut novel, Looking For Garbo a noir thriller was published by
Amphorae Publishing Group and is a 2019 INDIES Book Award Finalist and
2019 MiPA Book Awards Finalist. Jon is represented by Jill Marr at
Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency.
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