TV Drama 1 TV Drama Pilot Workshop
Online Nov 19, Dec 3, Dec 10, Dec 17, Jan 7 (5 Tuesday Afternoons)5:00pm - 8:00pm Pacific$5251 Spot Left
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Do you have a great idea for HBO’s next hit series? Let successful TV writer Pat Charles (EP Black Lightning, 11 scripts sold) 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.
Pat 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 402 staff writing positions on shows including FARGO, PERRY MASON, AMERICAN BORN CHINESE, THE BROTHERS SUN, FRASIER and DAVE and won 173 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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Pat Charles
EP Black Lightning, 11 scripts sold
Pat has sold 10 pilots to HBO, FOX Television Studios, Showtime, Netflix, Paramount Television, Universal Pictures, Peacock, NBC, CBS Studios and The CW. Pat was an Executive Producer on The CW drama Black Lightning, and a writer and supervising producer on Resurrection for ABC and the Marvel/Netflix show, Iron Fist and has also written on Sons of Anarchy for F/X, has been a writer and producer on Bones for FOX, and also co-wrote the feature film Emperor in 2020 for Sobini Films, which was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for best Independent Feature Film. Pat was also an NAACP Image Award Nominee in 2019 and 2020 for outstanding writing on a One Hour Drama. Pat has taught screenwriting at the HBO Writer’s Program, the Sony Writer’s Program and Chapman College. MORE