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SUMMARY:Writing the TV Spec Script - ONLINE - Eve Weston - 8 sessions, $550
DESCRIPTION:\n\nPRICE\n$550 ($525 for AvantGuild)\n\nCOURSE DETAILS\nSo you want to break into scripted television? Launching your own series starts with demonstrating your ability to write for someone else\'s show. To get the attention of TV agents, producers, and networks, you need to produce a spec script. In this course, you\'ll produce a compelling spec script ready for submission. We\'ll review the fundamentals of script writing including structure, plot, character, and dialogue and workshop assignments. The last session will be devoted to reading drafts and learning how to get your script into the right hands. By the end of class, you\'ll be ready to submit your spec script to potential agents and buyers.In this class, you will learn how to:\n\nStructure and format for comedies and dramas \n\nWrite dialogue\n\nKnow where to put subplots and tie them in\n\nReflect the existing shows and climate within the marketplace\n\nWork the behind-the-scenes events of broadcast and cable, including pilot season\n\nBy the end of class, you will have:A complete first draft of a spec script for a drama or sitcom.\n\nThe online classroom has several components:\n\nLessons: Learn new skills through written lessons\n\nDiscussion: Join a weekly live, interactive discussion via IM and video\n\nAssignments: Complete homework and receive instructor feedback\n\nForums: Exchange resources, meet peers, and ask your instructor questions\n\n\n\nINSTRUCTOR BIO\nEve Weston has spent the past seven years working in television and recently developed a pilot for ABC Family. She has contributed to Better Off Ted, The Megan Mullally Show, Will & Grace, and Yes, Dear. She has also written episodes for ABC\'s Better With You and Disney\'s Wizards of Waverly Place, where she also wrote the song "Funky Hat Dance," which became a YouTube sensation with more than a million views.\n\nEve studied improv comedy at Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and I.O. West and has a Bachelor\'s degree from Princeton University and an MFA in Screenwriting from USC.\n\nTestimonials\n\n"Eve is a terrific instructor. Her lectures are fun and instructive and her feedback generous and helpful. I started with nothing and thanks to Eve now have a solid first draft of a spec script." -- Lisa Beazley\n\n"I recommend Eve\'s class to anyone motivated to complete a TV spec script. The guidance, insights, and feedback you get are invaluable. Eve brings a rare combination of writer\'s room and grad school experience to her instruction, and the result is a good mix of practical and creative insights." -- Melissa Roth\n\n
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