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SCRIPT 726.17
Get an overview of the process to adapt existing intellectual property (IP) for film and television.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: August 16, 2025
SCRIPT X 412.4
Get a guided approach to rewriting your completed script as you assess your draft and identify areas to strengthen and celebrate.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: June 24, 2025
SCRIPT X 423.7
Craft a polished pitch deck or show bible to help you sell your original pilot.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: June 25, 2025
SCRIPT X 423.9
In this fast-paced workshop, you take a pilot from concept to script as you learn about the television industry from guest speakers.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 412.3
Get individualized feedback on your script in progress in this workshop for advanced screenwriting students.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 421.5
Learn what goes into a successful TV pilot as you develop your original idea into a concise pitch document.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 465.9E
Learn to adapt a true story into a screen story that will emotionally engage your audience.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: June 25, 2025
SCRIPT 960.1E
Learn the objective skills and qualities that make screenwriters effective in this lecture course.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: June 26, 2025
SCRIPT X 464.10E
Turn your story’s setting into a vibrant world that leaps off the page and becomes a signature aspect of your work.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: June 27, 2025
SCRIPT X 415.11
Enhance the scenes in your scripts by focusing on character motivation and how the scene advances the character arc.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 471.1
Get a comprehensive introduction to the craft of writing and creating comics, regardless of your drawing abilities and prior experience.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: June 28, 2025
SCRIPT X 465.10E
Master the rhythmic nature of scenes and the larger narratives in which they live in this course devoted to maximizing the impact of screenwriting story structure.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: June 28, 2025
SCRIPT X 465.6E
Learn how a defined thematic argument is at the heart of every powerful story, and how you can enhance it in your own script.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: July 10, 2025
SCRIPT X 464.9E
Learn to create characters audiences will love and remember in this workshop for beginning and intermediate film and TV writers.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: June 25, 2025
SCRIPT X 463.1E
Focus on your script writing at the scene level to enhance conflict, subtext, characterization, dialogue, and imagery and strengthen your project.
Format: In Person
Next Start Date: June 23, 2025
SCRIPT X 465.11E
Learn to develop and pitch television projects for Spanish-speaking audiences in the U.S., Latin America, and beyond.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: June 28, 2025
SCRIPT X 426.7
Learn to develop a pitch document, which serves as your roadmap for your pilot and series once it is sold.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 463.10E
Perfect and focus your ideas before you even put fingers to keyboard in this generative class focused on story development and form.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 442.1
Learn to write interactive stories and branching narratives that bring our favorite video games to life.
Format: In Person
Next Start Date: June 26, 2025
SCRIPT X 410.1
Learn how to write a screenplay by developing a compelling story and tackling a feature film script outline in this first course of a four-course sequence.
Format: In Person | Live Online | Online
Next Start Date: June 24, 2025
SCRIPT X 410.2
Building on your outline from the first course in the feature film sequence, continue to learn how to write a screenplay by completing the first act of your film script.
Format: In Person | Live Online | Online
Next Start Date: June 23, 2025
SCRIPT X 410.3
Tackle writing a significant portion of Act II and learn powerful creative techniques in our third course in the screenwriting sequence.
Format: In Person | Live Online | Online
Next Start Date: June 24, 2025
SCRIPT X 410.4
Finish your feature film script and learn revision tactics in our fourth and final basic screenwriting course.
Format: In Person | Live Online | Online
Next Start Date: June 25, 2025
SCRIPT X 411.1
This course puts experienced screenwriters on track to complete a new script in a supportive community of like-minded writers.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: June 28, 2025
SCRIPT X 411.2
This course helps experienced screenwriters complete their new script in a collaborative environment.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: June 25, 2025
SCRIPT X 411.3
Writers who have completed at least two feature-length screenplays engage in analysis and revision in this rewriting workshop.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: June 25, 2025
SCRIPT X 413
Complete a Feature Film Certificate as you take a script from concept to completion, with weeks devoted to professional development and revision practices.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 409
Learn the basics of screenwriting for feature films in this exercise-based workshop for absolute beginners.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: July 31, 2025
SCRIPT X 464.3E
Position yourself for success by learning and incorporating professional script formatting into your work.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: August 14, 2025
SCRIPT X 451.1
Choose and develop your best story ideas as you incorporate classic story principles to craft a powerful, memorable script.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 463.6E
Get insight into how to get your script noticed in screenwriting competitions to push your career forward.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 401
Craft and tinker with your story from a high-level point of view in this workshop teaching you the basics of screen story for beginners.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: July 16, 2025
SCRIPT X 421.1
Learn how to construct a story and write a script outline for an existing half-hour series in this introductory TV writing course.
Format: In Person | Online
Next Start Date: June 25, 2025
SCRIPT X 421.2
Go from outline to the first draft script of a half-hour series, mirroring the professional TV writer's room environment.
Format: In Person | Live Online
Next Start Date: June 24, 2025
SCRIPT X 422.1
Learn how to write a TV script in this course that takes you from half-hour pilot idea to beat sheet and the teaser pages of your script.
Format: In Person | Live Online
Next Start Date: June 23, 2025
SCRIPT X 422.2
Finish your half-hour pilot script as you rework, refine, and revise your progress made until you reach the end.
Format: In Person | Live Online
Next Start Date: June 25, 2025
SCRIPT X 422.9
Improve your existing script draft until it's a story that demands the reader's attention and gets you noticed
Format: Online
Next Start Date: June 25, 2025
SCRIPT X 426.6
Participate in a simulation of a real, professional writers room in this course in which you work collaboatively with instructor and peers to craft an original drama.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 464.11E
Learn how masterful screenwriters put realistic words into their characters’ mouths in this course dedicated to the art and craft of dialogue.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 400
Get a crash course on various aspects of writing for silver screens, TV screens, web video, audio podcasts, and/or comics in this high-level overview of what each genre offers writers.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: July 29, 2025
SCRIPT X 428.1
Learn the fine art of writing comedy sketches and late night talk show bits
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: June 24, 2025
SCRIPT X 465.2E
Use prompts and exercises to spend time with your characters outside the world of your story, learning more about their voices and reactions in various situations.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: July 21, 2025
SCRIPT X 412.5
Polish your screenplay draft by incorporating powerful cinematic elements and reviewing your story structure in advanced course.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 421.3
Learn how to construct a story and write a script outline for an existing one-hour series in this introductory TV writing course.
Format: In Person | Live Online
Next Start Date: June 24, 2025
SCRIPT X 421.4
Go from outline to the first draft script of a one-hour series, mirroring the professional TV writer's room environment.
Format: In Person | Live Online
Next Start Date: June 25, 2025
SCRIPT X 422.3
Develop the world, characters, tone, and story engine for an original TV series before developing an outline and your script's first act.
Format: In Person | Online
Next Start Date: June 25, 2025
SCRIPT X 422.4
Carry your pilot script across the finish line in this workshop focused on helping you fix story problems, maximize drama, and write to the end.
Format: In Person | Live Online
Next Start Date: June 24, 2025
SCRIPT X 422.10
Improve your existing script draft until it's a story that demands the reader's attention and gets you noticed
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: June 26, 2025
SCRIPT X 422.11
Learn basic rewriting skills as you review your initial draft for opportunities to expand, deepen, and enrich your TV script.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT 726.21
Learn how writing short humorous pieces for publishing outlets can support your screenwriting career.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: September 6, 2025
SCRIPT 769.4
Learn how the pros pitch to industry decision makers in this workshop for budding screenwriters.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: July 19, 2025
SCRIPT 726.14
Learn professional proofreading techniques and notations in this interactive seminar demonstrating how to ensure your script says what it needs to say in the best way possible.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 415.10
Build powerful stories by placing character relationships at the center for your script.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 423.10
Rewrite your television pilot script with a showrunner's production perspective in this intensive workshop for advanced students.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 463.3E
Learn the techniques of character-driven storytelling using theatrical methods in this workshop, focusing on the most in-demand skills for today's feature and TV writers.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: June 28, 2025
SCRIPT 700
Join a critique-free group to keep you on track to reach your writing goals while learning new tools and best practices for getting words on the page.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: June 25, 2025
SCRIPT X 425.5
Explore the history of televised storytelling by watching and breaking current shows, developing knowledge to help you craft your own innovative series
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 426.1
Get a thorough overview of the role of a showrunner in this intensive workshop that prepares you for success in the television industry.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT 726.1
Hear directly from successful TV writers and creators in this course that demystifies the industry and how to break in and stay in.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 465.8E
Learn to write a 5 to 7-minute stand-up routine in this course guiding you through the history of stand-up from past to present.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 469.1E
Get insider tips on how to identify the best managers and agents who can take your career to the next level.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: July 23, 2025
SCRIPT X 463.11E
Learn to rewrite your pilot from the industry insider perspective of a TV Literary Manager.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 424
Complete a Television Certificate as you develop two original pilots, with weeks devoted to professional development and revision practices.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 420.1
Learn the basics of writing for television in this exercise-based workshop for absolute beginners.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: July 29, 2025
SCRIPT 916.1
Break down the components of pitches of various lengths to ensure you're ready to wow Hollywood decision-makers when the time is right.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT 726.20
Dive into the history of television by and for Black audiences to empower the future of Black voices and stories.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: June 7, 2025
SCRIPT X 465.3E
Take a deep dive into the global approach to horror narratives in this generative workshop for screenwriters.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 464.5E
Create dynamic, richly drawn characters audiences will love in this practical workshop for writers looking for an edge.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT 926.1
Complete a checklist of self-evaluated items to determine if your pilot script is ready for the marketplace in this lecture-based course.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: June 24, 2025
SCRIPT X 462.1E
Get an overview of the entire animation script writing process from concept to completion.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 416.3E
Learn how studios review and approve screenplays as you get hands-on experience in the critical art of writing coverage on scripts.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: June 25, 2025
SCRIPT X 465.4E
Learn the ropes of creating your own YouTube channel and creating must-see content that will help you build an audience.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: July 31, 2025
SCRIPT X 463.7E
Begin your documentary project by learning the best practices of writing in the genre in this workshop for those new to writing in documentary forms.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 463.8E
Develop a half-hour animated pilot while learning the ins and outs of this unique genre of television.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: June 28, 2025
SCRIPT X 465.7E
Learn what makes a good adaptation for film or television as well as creative and practical methods for this unique and specific undertaking.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT 710.2
Get an overview of the craft of screenwriting for feature films.
Next Start Date: TBA
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