Discover how the process of writing a TV series treatment can help you deepen character, expand your story world, and help you articulate your unique vision.
Learn the basic elements of a professional TV series treatment
Study your characters, their motivations, their relationships, and their conflicts to flesh out the people in your story world
Identify and empower your series's story engine to ensure you can spin off numerous episodes
Leave the course with a draft treatment and advice on pitching your concept
About this course:
A treatment is the main foundational document that a writer needs to sell an original television series. In this intensive course, we delve into all the elements to creating a compelling TV series treatment. We discuss examples from popular TV shows to help you write your own successful treatment. This process not only helps you understand your characters and their world at a deeper level but allows you to refine your story engine to expand upon future episodes and season arcs. By the end of this course, you leave with a treatment that’s ready to pitch, along with a strategy to expand the document into an eye-catching look-book. Furthermore, we discuss ways to protect your intellectual material.
Enrollment limited to 15 students; early enrollment advised. Visitors not permitted. Internet access required.
This course meets in person at the designated class meeting time and location. Students must be present at the course meeting time as each student’s final grade may include scores for participation.
Please inform your instructor if you will miss a class meeting. You are responsible for any class information you missed. We suggest you arrange with a fellow classmate to share their notes when feasible.
Refund Deadline
No refunds after February 02, 2024
Course Requirements
Internet access required to retrieve course materials.
Enrollment limited to 15 students; early enrollment advised. Visitors not permitted. Internet access required.
This course meets in person at the designated class meeting time and location. Students must be present at the course meeting time as each student’s final grade may include scores for participation.
Please inform your instructor if you will miss a class meeting. You are responsible for any class information you missed. We suggest you arrange with a fellow classmate to share their notes when feasible.
Refund Deadline
No refunds after May 31, 2024
Course Requirements
Internet access required to retrieve course materials.
Enrollment limited to 15 students; early enrollment advised. Visitors not permitted. Internet access required.
This course meets in person at the designated class meeting time and location. Students must be present at the course meeting time as each student’s final grade may include scores for participation.
Please inform your instructor if you will miss a class meeting. You are responsible for any class information you missed. We suggest you arrange with a fellow classmate to share their notes when feasible.
Refund Deadline
No refunds after June 07, 2024
Course Requirements
Internet access required to retrieve course materials.
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