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One-Hour or Half-Hour TV V: Rewrite

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SCRIPT X 422.11

Learn basic rewriting skills as you review your initial draft for opportunities to expand, deepen, and enrich your TV script.

Duration
As few as 10 weeks
Units
3.0
Current Formats
Online
Live Online
Cost
Starting at $820.00

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What you can learn.

Review the choices your characters make and how to intensify the consequences for them
Analyze the pacing of your script to ensure your scenes start and end at the most powerful points
Work in a community of writers to support each other and engage in the process of rewriting collaboratively
Take your pilot or spec of an existing series to the next level with a comprehensive rewrite

About This Course

Whether you've written a one-hour or half-hour tv script, (pilot or a spec of an existing series) your goal is the same: to dig deeper, raise the stakes higher, stretch your characters further to make your script one that will leave an indelible mark on its readers. If you're writing a pilot, have you introduced us to characters and situations that we want to come back to week after week? If you're writing a spec of an existing show, have you been true to the characters and situations as we know them, and still told a story that is somehow new? In this course, you review the choices your characters make, the consequences of those choices and how to make those consequences more dramatic. You look at your actions, your pacing, your tension and your stakes, among other things. The goal: to improve your one-hour or half-hour script until it's a story that demands the reader's attention.
Prerequisites
SCRIPT X 422.4 One-Hour TV IV, SCRIPT X 422.4N One-Hour TV Intensive IV, SCRIPT X 422.2 Half-Hour TV IV, SCRIPT X 422.2N Half-Hour TV Intensive IV, or SCRIPT X 422.8 Dramedy TV IV, or department approval.

Summer 2026 Schedule

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This section has no set meeting times.
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408322
Fee:
$820.00
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Enrollment limited to 15 students; early enrollment advised. Visitors not permitted. Internet access required.

This online course is conducted through Canvas, a secure website that allows students to log in to access lectures, discussions, and other course materials on demand. There are no required live class meetings. Each course is structured with weekly assignments and deadlines. Lectures and coursework are accessible throughout the week. Workshops are conducted in writing via discussion boards with your instructor and classmates.

 

Deadline
Refunds only available from April 27, 2026 to July 05, 2026
Course Requirements
Internet access required to retrieve course materials.

Fall 2026 Schedule

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Thursday 5:00PM - 8:00PM PT
Instructor:
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410016
Fee:
$820.00
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No meeting November 26.

Enrollment limited to 15 students; early enrollment advised. Visitors not permitted. Internet access required.

This course is held via video teleconference. Instructors use Zoom to offer live class meetings at the designated class meeting time. 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.

 

Deadline
Refunds only available from July 27, 2026 to October 04, 2026
Course Requirements
Internet access required to retrieve course materials.
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Online
Thu Sep 24, 2026
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
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Thu Oct 1, 2026
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
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Thu Oct 8, 2026
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
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Thu Oct 15, 2026
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
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Thu Oct 22, 2026
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
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Thu Oct 29, 2026
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
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Thu Nov 5, 2026
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
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Thu Nov 12, 2026
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
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Thu Nov 19, 2026
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
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Thu Dec 3, 2026
5:00PM PT - 8:00PM PT
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