CLASS: TELEVISION WRITING

This class is for playwrights who want the tools to transition from stage to screen. Writing for television has the potential to be not only artistically satisfying, but lucrative as well—just ask Aaron Sorkin from “The Newsroom”, Sarah Treem from “The Affair”, Zakiyyah Alexander from “Grey’s Anatomy”, or Joshua Allen from “Empire”, among many other playwrights-turned-television writers. In this 10-week class, you'll receive feedback on in-class exercises and writing assignments while absorbing the details of the episodic structure of half-hour comedies and one-hour dramas. By the end of the semester, you'll have a complete pilot or spec script and the means to create powerful, distinctive, and commercially-viable television.

This class is open to all writers, but is especially recommended as a continuation for those who took Preparing a Pilot for Pitching in Summer 2016. The preparation of your pilot has been green-lit for ESPA development and this class will be designed as the writers’ room for each of these ‘optioned’ series.

This class is also available online! For more information, see Online Classroom.

REGISTRATION AND SCHEDULE

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Instructor: Ken Urban (Writer, The Happy Sad at The Public)
Wednesdays from 6:30pm – 9:30pm
September 21, 28, October 12, 26, November 2, 9, 16, 30, December 7, 14