TV Drama 3
Online Apr 30, May 7, May 14, May 21, May 28, Jun 4, Jun 11, Jun 18 (8 Wednesday Evenings)6:00pm - 9:00pm Pacific$965Limited Spots
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Prereq: Successful completion of TV 2, TV Drama 2 at Writing Pad (no exceptions unless you are a professional TV writer).
In this class, you’ll learn how to focus your story, trim the fat, tighten your dialogue and sharpen your action.
You’ll also learn how applying theme to your pilot will elevate your work and get you closer to the impeccable pilot script, which will advance your career. Successful writing partners John Herrera and Nina Fiore (The Handmaid’s Tale) will also show you how to introduce your characters, write that killer opening scene and with a little elbow grease, turn your first draft into literary gold.
Note: For TV certificate program members, this class can be taken in lieu of 1 private script consult.
409 padders have been staffed & 182 won fellowships at ABC, Fox, CBS and NBC after taking our TV classes.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of TV 2, TV Drama 2, TV Comedy 2 at Writing Pad (no exceptions) or if you have sold a pilot or written on a TV show, you can take this class.

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

Nina Fiore
(Co-EP, The Handmaid’s Tale, 4 pilots)
Nina Fiore is an Emmy-nominated writer and Co-EP on Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale (all seasons) where she collaborates with writing partner, John Herrera. Nina and John wrote on Bloom, a new show for Netflix that will be coming soon. She and John have also worked on USA’s The Purge, Syfy’s Nightflyers, Blood Drive, Alphas, and Eureka. Additionally, Nina and John 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. Nina 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, Nina was a script coordinator and writer’s assistant on Eureka, Sleeper Cell, The L Word. Born in the Bronx to a Puerto Rican mother and a Sicilian father, Nina spent most of her formative years surrounded by an excess of personality. MORE