For Certificate Program Students Only
Writing Pad offers one-on-one consultations for both half-hour and hour-long scripts.
You should complete 2 rounds of consults for each script you produce in the Certificate Program (or take each script through 1 round of TV 3 and 1 consult afterwards)–this allows you to have your scripts vetted by a professional TV writer at every stage.
To do a TV script consultation, you must have worked on the same script in TV 1 and TV 2 first at Writing Pad, and you must be in the Certificate Program.
We do not offer payment plans for consults – you must pay for your consult all at once and then we will arrange the consult for you. We can not discount consults at all as the money goes to the teacher.
You can now substitute 1 round of TV 3 for 1 out of 2 consults per script. You still need to have at least 1 consult on each script after you put it through TV 3 (to ensure you have a polished sample for your staffing or fellowship packet).
How This Works: Once you choose a package below, we will ask you for more information about your script at checkout. This will help us arrange your consult for you. After you complete your purchase, we will be in touch to set up your consultation. Please note that even if you book without a specific reader in mind (“Consultant: TBA”), some readers will be more expensive than the base consult fee. Don’t worry — you will still have a say in who your consultant is! We will work with you to find someone you are happy with. If the reader is more expensive than the base price, we will let you know. Likewise, if you book a specific reader and they are unavailable, we will try to find a replacement teacher you will approve of.
Half-Hour Comedy / Dramedy
Consultant: TBA
(Writing Pad will arrange a consult with a working TV writer who is a good match for your script and career goals)
Read: 1/2 hour pilot or spec script (20-30 pages max, script format)
30-minute phone meeting.
Your consultant will provide detailed verbal notes on your script. We encourage students to record the session (with the instructor’s permission). We recommend the Voice Memos app on the iPhone or quickTime player on the Mac.
$450 >
Consultant: Mike Ellis (15 scripts sold, Insatiable)
Read: 1/2 hour pilot or spec script (20-30 pages max, script format)
30-minute phone meeting
Your consultant will provide detailed verbal notes on your script. We encourage students to record the session (with the instructor’s permission). We recommend the Voice Memos app on the iPhone or quickTime player on the Mac.
$625 >
Hour-Long Drama/Dramedy
Consultant: TBA
(Writing Pad will arrange a consult with a working TV writer who is a good match for your script and career goals)
Read: Act I and Beats only, 1 hour pilot or spec script (20 pages max, script format), beats for remaining acts (4 pages max)
30-minute phone meeting
Your consultant will provide detailed verbal notes on your script. We encourage students to record the session (with the instructor’s permission). We recommend the Voice Memos app on the iPhone or quickTime player on the Mac.
$450 >
Consultant: TBA
(Writing Pad will arrange a consult with a working TV writer who is a good match for your script and career goals)
Read: 1 hour pilot or spec script (50-60 pages max, script format)
30-minute phone meeting
Your consultant will provide detailed verbal notes on your script. We encourage students to record the session (with the instructor’s permission). We recommend the Voice Memos app on the iPhone or quickTime player on the Mac.
$625 >
Consultant: Mike Ellis (15 scripts sold, Insatiable)
Read: 1 hour pilot or spec script (50-60 pages max, script format)
30-minute phone meeting
Your consultant will provide detailed verbal notes on your script. We encourage students to record the session (with the instructor’s permission). We recommend the Voice Memos app on the iPhone or quickTime player on the Mac.
$740>