Description
Prerequisite: Any one of these classes, preferably more than one: Advanced Writing for the Screen Writing Movies Writing the Feature Length Screenplay Writing the Adapted Screenplay Narrative Podcasting and Production The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Creative Producing in Film and Television or The Art and Craft of Development and Pitching for Film and TV
In the first semester, we will practice the fundamental skill of successful television writers—the ability to craft entertaining and compelling stories for characters, worlds, and situations created by others. Though dozens of writers may work on a show over the course of its run, the “voice” of the show is unified and singular. The way to best learn to write for television is to draft a sample episode of a preexisting show, known as a “spec script.” Developing, pitching, writing, and rewriting stories hundreds of times, extremely quickly, in collaboration and on tight deadlines is what TV writers on staff do every day, fitting