1. A full day of intensive workshop seminar:

Topic one: How a Story Department works

the pecking order of the personnel

creating the season

staff vs freelancers

Topic two: How to plan and create the spec script you need to get "in the door."

how to choose your sample series

how to time your submission to the season

how to do your research

how to query

how to write the spec using the same process you will use to write an episode when you get an assignment

Topic three: How to get an assignment

your calling card: feature or spec?

getting the pitch meeting

prepping and performing the pitch 

Topic four: How to deconstruct a television show so you can discover how to write episodes for the series.

teasers, tags, generics, format, and bible 

act-outs, arcs, archetypes, rhythm and style-stamp

the "world" of the show, locations and sets

Topic five: How to use the Bonding Mosaic of the show to structure a story. (What the "A, B, and C plots" really mean).

how to recognize and use the different varieties of Hero/Bonding Character relationships

how to service the characters

how to track the character arcs

how to use the ABC plots and "runners" effectively

the secret of building the "act-outs" 

Topic six: How to create the thematic issues that will form the heart of your episode.

structuring the moral and ethical elements  

personalizing the issues

selecting the dominant issue vs. subissues

assigning the advocates of the issues

building the contesting arguments 

Topic seven: technique, method, and craft

trapping ideas and carding the story

scenes: beating them out

scenes: "late arrival, early departure"

scenes: polarity and rhythm

dialog: character stamp, tone and attitude

exposition and information: 3 secrets--"need to know," "need to tell," and "heat of the moment."

visual dimension: syntax of the show, "tell it in pictures."

description: "tell it tight."

do's and don't's. 

2. A free "How to Write for Series Television" booklet, including hard copies of:

=A detailed summary of the Topics of the Seminar,
=A seminar article entitled "Beginning the Process -- Create Your Story", which describes specific techniques for using your imagination and developing your ideas into a story that will be successful.
=A definition and outline describing how to use the concept of Hero, Bonding Character and Bonding Event to assess the heart of your story, and make sure it's beating before you send your script out.
= An outline of how to make sure your Theme is powering your story , including detailed examples from series television shows.

3. A Money-Back Guarantee

If by the first break, you are not completely satisfied, your fee will be cheerfully refunded, no questions asked.

See what you get when you take the Create Your Screenplay Seminar
Contact Us:createyourscreenplay@home.com
© 2002 Barry Pearson