TV Drama 2 TV Drama Draft Writing Workshop
Online Nov 16, Dec 7, Dec 14, Jan 11, Jan 18, Jan 25, Feb 8, Feb 15 (8 Saturday Mornings)10:00am - 1:30pm Pacific$11401 Spot Left
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You have a killer beat sheet for your TV Pilot, but when you sit down to write, everything turns to mush: vague characters, huge data dumps, clunky dialogue, and scenes that go nowhere. If this sounds familiar, successful writer Pat Charles (EP Black Lightning, 11 scripts sold) can help. In this ten-week Online TV Draft Writing Workshop, you’ll get Pat’s help crafting an amazing outline and writing scenes that have a complete beginning, middle, and end that pack a serious punch.
You’ll learn to how to open your pilot, capture the imagination of the reader, write with a clear voice, and introduce your main character like a pro. By the end of the class you should have major chunks of your pilot written and the confidence to finish it with flair. Emmy not included.
Prerequisites: Beat sheet of TV Drama, or Dramedy finished in TV Drama I TV Pilot or TV Basic writing class at Writing Pad.
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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