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TV Drama 1 TV Drama Pilot Workshop

Online Jul 16, Jul 23, Jul 30, Aug 6, Aug 13 (5 Wednesday Evenings)6:00pm - 9:00pm Pacific$550Limited Spots

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Do you have a great idea for HBO’s next hit series? Let successful TV writer John Herrera (Co-EP, The Handmaid’s Tale, 4 Pilots) help you transform your brilliant premise into a page-turning script! In this 5-week Online TV Drama Pilot Class, you’ll learn how to craft a great logline, structure a compelling story, plan a season arc that keeps the audience hooked, and break your pilot story just like they do in the writers’ room.

John will show you how to dramatize and sprinkle in the right amount of plot, character and story for a one-hour show. Through in-class workshopping and pitching, you’ll clarify your tone, voice and world. By the end of this class, you will have created a beat sheet for an irresistible TV Drama pilot.

After studying with us, our alums have landed 410 staff writing positions on shows including FARGO, PERRY MASON, AMERICAN BORN CHINESE, THE BROTHERS SUN, FRASIER and DAVE and won 189 fellowships/staffing program spots at organizations including Disney, NBCU, WB, Paramount & Disruptors.

Note: If you’ve never taken a TV writing class before, we strongly recommend you take TV Dramedy 101 and TV Structure for Pilot Writing in addition to this class.

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John Herrera

(Co-EP, The Handmaid’s Tale, 4 pilots)

John Herrera is an Emmy-nominated writer and Co-EP on Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale (all seasons) where he collaborates with writing partner, Nina Fiore. John and Nina wrote on Bloom, a new show for Netflix that will be coming soon, and they have also worked together on USA’s The Purge, Syfy’s Nightflyers, Blood Drive, Alphas, and Eureka. Additionally, they have sold their pilots Players and Dante’s Inferno (the latter co-written with Ethan Reiff & Cyrus Voris) to CW and Freeform, respectively, and an adaptation of Melissa Lenhardt’s genre-bending, feminist western novel, Heresy, with MGM. John also co-wrote the movie Nancy Drew and The Hidden Staircase for Warner Brothers and is currently adapting a true-life feature story about the latter days of the Bosnian-Serb conflict of the 1990’s. Before becoming a TV writer, John was a script coordinator on Eureka, Californication, and Sleeper Cell. MORE

“John is fantastic. He treated newbies and those with experience with the same interest and respect for their work. He shares his experience with examples of his past shows which makes beat sheet expectations clear and understandable. It's evident he's an amazing writer because he's like a laser beam to the issues in the beat sheets and offers a clever, funny or perfect solution to fix them. ”
“John did a great job at helping us dissect our beat sheets and gave us excellent and informative feedback on areas of improvement. His feedback is invaluable.”
“Very thorough and supportive, spent extra time to make sure he could give thoughtful and specific advice.”
“He kept it real. I love his no bullshit approach about advice and what the business is like and how hard it is. No sugar coating but at the same time kind and realistically encouraging.”
“John listened and gave concrete guidance and supportive feedback. Really created a safe environment for us to share.”
“They clearly broke down the basic elements of what are needed in a pitch deck, then modeled what it would be like to present one. John and Nina also listened thoughtfully to all pitches/decks presented and offered excellent feedback and suggestions in a very positive and encouraging manner.”
“The whole experience was wonderful: the material they so generously gave us before and during class, the opportunity to pitch to them, and their feedback - it was all invaluable.”

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