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TV Structure, Spec & Staff Writing Bootcamp
Writing Pad @ Online Classroom via Zoom, Los Angeles, CA
In Hollywood, a “spec” or sample script of an existing TV show, is both your calling card and required training for any staff writing gig. It’s also a submission requirement for most of the coveted studio TV writing fellowships. Deconstructing a current television show is the best way to learn the craft and structure of TV writing and an essential step to writing great original pilots. To write a spec and understand what to look for in breaking...
TV and Screenwriting Representation
Writing Pad @ 10200 Venice Blvd, Culver City, CA
Do you have that killer pilot or movie script that’s dying to be sold but you have no idea how to get it to the right person? The best way to get a manager is to know one. Enter Chad Snopek, manager of Mark Friedman (Executive Producer, Fox’s “Wayward Pines”) and producer, to take you through the process of finding literary representation. In this Los Angeles TV and Screenwriter Representation workshop, Chad will give you an overview of...
$225
So You Wanna be a Blogger?
Writing Pad @ 10200 Venice Blvd, Culver City, CA
You don’t just want to write a post, you want to kick your blog into overdrive and garner legions of followers. Let award-winning blogger Jessie Rosen show you how. In this four-week Blogging Workshop in Los Angeles, she’ll take you through the ABC’s of blogging. Through fun writing exercises and targeted feedback, Jessie will help you write stellar personal essays, interviews, reviews, and listicles to make your blog stand out in the blogosphere....
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Storytelling for TV Writers
Writing Pad @ 1132 Van Pelt Ave, Los Angeles, CA
Want to have an engaging short story to pitch yourself on the fly when running into a creative exec, showrunner or agent at a party, networking event or in a meeting? How do you use your stories to pitch in a room or get staffed? Let 2x Moth GrandSLAM winner, Moth Host and successful screenwriter Matteson Perry share his tips for turning moments of your life into riveting elevator pitches that will leave listeners begging for more. You’ll practice...
On the Record: Writing and Publishing the Profile
Profiles tap into the voyeurism we all love in a story. Getting to know someone who has sparked outside interest allows you to ask the questions that you were dying to know in the first place! In this class, successful journalist Taffy Brodesser-Akner, will share her tried-and-true secrets for pitching editors, securing interviews, coming up with questions, and getting subjects to open up. She'll show you how to shape your story by focusing on...
From Pitch to First Draft: Writing the Television Drama
Do you have a great idea for HBO's next hit series? Let successful TV writer Jason Grote (“Mad Men”, “Smash”) help you transform your brilliant premise into a page-turning script! You’ll sample the different genres of TV dramas, plan a season arc that keeps the audience hooked, and break your pilot story just like they do in the writer’s room. Jason will show you how to dramatize your life’s details, create realistic dialogue, and...
From Game of Thrones to Mad Men: Writing the TV Drama
Writing Pad @ 688 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA
Do you have a great idea for HBO’s next hit series? Let successful TV writer Sam Ernst (“Crisis”, “Haven”) help you transform your brilliant premise into a page-turning script! You’ll sample the different genres of TV dramas, plan a season arc that keeps the audience hooked, and break your pilot story just like they do in the writer’s room. Sam will show you how to dramatize your life’s details, create realistic dialogue, and sprinkle...
From Outline to First Draft: TV Drama Pilot Writing
Writing Pad @ 10200 Venice Blvd, Culver City, CA
You have all the elements of a great TV Comedy: a great premise, clear characters, an engaging world, and a solid outline. Unfortunately, the thought of actually writing the pilot fills you with dread every time you stare down at the blank screen. No problem! Isaac Aptaker (About a Boy) will take through the paces. He will help you hone your beat sheets and introduce your characters with pizazz. Isaac will also show you how to write that killer opening...
$625
From Network to Cable: Writing the TV Drama Pilot
Writing Pad @ 10200 Venice Blvd, Culver City, CA
You have all the elements of a great TV Drama: a great premise, clear characters, an engaging world, and a solid outline. Unfortunately, the thought of actually writing the pilot fills you with dread every time you stare down at the blank screen. No problem! Pat Charles (Sons of Anarchy) will take through the paces in this 7-week TV Drama Pilot Draft Writing Workshop. He will help you hone your beat sheets and introduce your characters with pizazz....
Radio Storytelling: A Recorded Storytelling Workshop
Writing Pad @ 10200 Venice Blvd, Culver City, CA
Have you ever wanted to have your story aired on “This American Life”? In this class, KCRW “Unfictional” Producer Bob Carlson will show you how. Through fun, in-class exercises, you’ll learn the differences between performed and broadcast storytelling. By the end of the class, you’ll have produced and recorded a story for the air waves that you can send out. Pretty soon, you just might get a call from Ira Glass. Price includes snacks...
So You Want to be a Screenwriter?
Writing Pad @ 688 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA
You dream of writing a killer screenplay that launches you to the top of “The Black List” and gets you a seven figure deal. Or maybe you want to see your life play out on an Emmy award-winning HBO series. The problem is, you’ve never written a “duck scene,” heard of a logline, or opened Final Draft. If so, this is the class for you. Enter veteran Screen and TV writer Chris Reed. He’s written for all the big boys, Disney, Fox, Sony, and...
Writing a Pilot that Can Fly
Writing Pad @ 688 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA
Do you have a brilliant idea for next season’s hit TV show? Then this five-week Los Angeles Pilot Class is for you. Let successful TV writer David Iserson (Mr Robot, New Girl, Mad Men, Saturday Night Live), share his secrets for developing the DNA of your show, developing characters that bring us back, season after season. Through lively craft lectures and David’s help on your script idea, you’ll have developed the formula for your series...
Funny HaHa or Funny Huh? TV Dramedy Workshop
Writing Pad @ 688 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA
Have you always dreamed of writing the next “Girls” or “Shameless”? If so, then this one-day Los Angeles Dramedy workshop with veteran TV Writer and Saturday Night Live Alum Cindy Caponera (Nurse Jackie, Shameless) is the class for you! Cindy explains the parameters of the Dramedy format and shares her secret formula for creating shows that both audiences and execs will adore. In this one-day TV Dramedy Workshop, she’ll teach you how to...
So You Wanna be a Screenwriter? Beginning Screenwriting
Writing Pad @ 688 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA
You dream of writing a killer script that launches you to the wtop of “The Black List” and gets you a seven figure deal. Or maybe you want to turn your life story into an Emmy award-winning HBO series. If so, veteran screenwriter and TV writer Chris Reed can help. He’s written for all the big boys, Disney, Fox, Sony, and Nickelodeon and even created the a screenplay “Jaguar” that would eventually become “The Lion King” while working...
TV Comedy Revision Workshop
Writing Pad @ 688 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA
Finally the phone is ringing. It’s some fast-talking agent from ICM who wants to rep you because of that killer half-hour comedy pilot or spec script you wrote. How did you get there? You took a rewrite class with TV writer Devanshi Patel (Blackish), that’s how. In this five-week Los Angeles TV Comedy Revision Workshop, Devanshi will help you whip your script into shape. Through analyzing a professional script sample you’ll see how a first...
Humorous Personal Essay Workshop (5-week)
Writing Pad @ 10200 Venice Blvd, Culver City, CA
Have you always wanted to write a humorous personal essay but you don’t know where to start? Or have you dreamed of seeing one of your essays published in the New York Times or Salon? Then this humorous personal essay class is for you. Using fun in-class exercises, we’ll help you transform your bad blind dates and visits from unruly parents into insightful, compelling revelations. Successful essayist Brett Paesel (Modern Love) will show...
Memoir Advanced: Memorable Memoir Workshop
Writing Pad @ 1132 Van Pelt Ave, Los Angeles, CA
Have you ever thought about turning your life’s trials and tribulations into a NY Times bestseller? In this seven-week Los Angeles Memoir Writing Workshop, bestselling memoirist Wendy Lawless will share her secrets for turning your life’s twists and turns into lively drama! Her fun, all new in-class exercises will help you infuse your most fascinating memories with authenticity and personality. She’ll cover subtext, memoir structure, time...
Intro Memoir & Novel Writing
Writing Pad @ 10200 Venice Blvd, Culver City, CA
Is it your dream to write the great American novel or a best-selling memoir? In this 7 week Los Angeles intro book writing class, successful novelist and bestselling memoirist Brett Paesel will teach you the fundamentals of writing a page turner, whether it is fiction or non-fiction! She’ll also teach you techniques for creating a thrilling story arc, irresistible dialogue, characters and conflict. If you like, you can even bring in up to...
Taboo Tales Storytelling 1
Writing Pad @ 1132 Van Pelt Ave, Los Angeles, CA
Dirty little secrets make the best stories and you have a doozy! In this five-week Los Angeles storytelling class, Taboo Tales creator, host and master storyteller Laurenne Sala will teach you how to be a storytelling pro and help you stretch your tantalizing yarn into a riveting ten-minute piece that’s the perfect mix of vulnerability and comedic vavoom! Through a series of fun in-class exercises, you’ll delve into your secrets and find...
Storytelling Essay
Writing Pad @ 10200 Venice Blvd, Culver City, CA
In this five-week Online storytelling essay class, master storyteller Matteson Perry will teach you the insider secrets on how to become a storytelling and essay writing pro. Not only has Matteson won the Moth GrandSLAM twice, but his storytelling skills also landed him his first book deal (a collection of essays/memoir) and essays in NY Times Modern Love, Playboy, and the Daily Beast. A master of both the written and spoken word, he’ll guide you...
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