TV Comedy 1 TV Comedy Pilot Writing Workshop
Online Jul 22, Jul 29, Aug 12, Aug 19, Aug 26 (5 Tuesday Afternoons)5:00pm - 8:00pm Pacific$5503 Spots Left
9 Spots Left
Do you have a hysterical idea for next season’s hit breakout comedy? Then this five-week Online TV Comedy Pilot Writing Workshop is for you. Let successful TV writer Anna Salinas (LOOT, MO, 3 Scripts Sold), share her secrets for developing the DNA of your show, finding the funny, developing characters that bring us back, season after season. Through lively craft lectures and Anna’s help on your script idea, you’ll have developed the formula for your series and defined your main characters.
By the end of this class, you’ll have completed a solid beat sheet of an irresistible comedy pilot that will save you a spot at the writers’ table! Laugh track not included.
410 padders have been staffed & 189 won fellowships at ABC, Disney, CBS and NBC after taking our TV classes.
Note: If you’ve never taken a TV writing class before, we strongly recommend you take TV Comedy 101 and TV Structure for Pilot Writing in addition to this class.
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Anna Salinas
LOOT, MO, 3 Scripts Sold
Anna Salinas is a screenwriter/director. She has written on various TV shows including LOOT (AppleTV), MO (Netflix), FLATBUSH MISDEMEANORS (Showtime), GURU NATION (Paramount+), and the BIG MOUTH spin-off HUMAN RESOURCES. She sold an animated half hour pilot to Hulu and a live action short-form series to Disney, as well as a feature to Sony and Columbia Pictures. She’s currently in pre-production on her directorial debut, INES UNFORTUNATELY, set to shoot later this year. Prior to her work as a professional writer, Anna received an MFA in screenwriting from UCLA and was a Sundance New Voices fellow. More recently, she was named a WIF directing fellow, sponsored by Netflix. When she’s not working, Anna mentors emerging writers in the WIF/Blacklist Episodic and feature labs. Outside of TV and film, Anna has performed comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade for the last decade, writing sketch and improving on various house teams. She currently performs with the all-latine team Menudo. MORE