TV Drama 1 TV Drama Pilot Workshop
Online Aug 13, Aug 20, Aug 27, Sep 10, Sep 24 (5 Thursday Afternoons)5:00pm - 8:00pm Pacific$550Almost Full
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Do you have a great idea for HBO’s next hit series? Let successful TV writer Megan Ritchie (Apple TV+’s SEVERANCE, SUGAR) 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.
Megan 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 492 staff writing positions on shows including FARGO, PERRY MASON, AMERICAN BORN CHINESE, THE BROTHERS SUN, FRASIER and DAVE and won 197 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 Structure for Pilot Writing in addition to this class. However, you don’t have to take it before starting this class.
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Megan Ritchie
Apple TV+'s SEVERANCE, SUGAR
Megan Ritchie was a writer on Season 2 of the Colin Farrell-starring show SUGAR, currently airing on Apple+ with a 96% score on Rotten Tomatoes. She also wrote an episode of Season 2 of Apple+'s smash hit SEVERANCE, which went on to be nominated for 27 Emmys. Ritchie's feature script THAT WOMAN was an Academy Nicholls Quarterfinalist. She's currently developing a television project for Dreamworks Studio (a book adaptation), and a feature film with Level 1 Entertainment. She previously worked as the writer's assistant on both FX’s Y: THE LAST MAN and Starz' AMERICAN GODS, as well as SEVERANCE. Before working directly in writer's rooms, Ritchie assisted screenwriters and show creators including Zak Penn, Marti Noxon, Stacy Rukeyser, Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz on projects for Netflix, Warner Bros, Amazon, Lucasfilm, Sony Pictures Classics, and Amblin, among others. Ritchie has also worked in film and TV development as a development executive at the production company Depth of Field, and in theater production as the associate company manager of Relevant Theatricals. Ritchie is the writer/director/producer of several short films, IN THE POOL (2017), SNIFF (2021), which had its world debut at the Monmouth Film Festival, and the forthcoming HAPPY ANNIVERSARY (2025). She got her start as an agent's assistant at WME.