About Dramatic Television
One-hour TV Drama is the other major form on TV besides sitcoms, and is a very lucrative and creative one for writers. Year in, year out, the best dramatic writing is found on television. The challenge for writers is to be very good under impossible deadlines.
The TV DRAMA COURSE is designed to make you a professional TV writer, able to work on the staff of any show on television. The course teaches you how to break down a show so you can write a great spec script. You also learn the different story beats for the various genres of 1-hour TV, how to include Emmy-winning elements, how to write on staff, and when to break the "rules."
If drama is your strength and love as a writer, the TV Drama Course will put you at the top of your game.
FEATURES:
Writing a great TV drama
Common elements of Emmy-winning scripts
Story structure template for figuring out the keys of the top TV dramas
Cardinal rules of TV drama
Worst fallacies of writing for television
Ideal process for writing the one-hour show
Writing freelance vs. staff
Character change in the script and the season
Maintaining your vision
Anatomy of a TV season
Breaking the "rules"
Audio, 6 hours
