Kick off 2013 by elevating your writing and finishing those scripts with the guidance of a working TV writer! Want to write for television? Are you gearing up to apply for the Studio Writing Programs and Fellowships? Is your ultimate goal to create your own television show? Aspiring writers need an exceptional spec and original [...]
Author Archive
STAFF WRITERS ANONYMOUS
May 5th, 2012 
admin 
THE 12-STEP SURVIVAL GUIDE TO YOUR FIRST SEASON IN THE ROOM You endured the rigors of staffing season. You cheered at the news when some Very Important Person liked your material. You nailed the meeting and you got the job! Hooray! …So now what? Since we here at Script Anatomy have yet to [...]
Posted in Blog 
Tags: best tv writing class, entertainment industry, Los Angeles, NBC Writers On The Verge, Screenwriting blog, Screenwriting Classes, Script Anatomy, script consultant, story consultant, Tawnya Bhattacharya, tv writers room, tv writing success, Writers Boot Camp, writing for TV 
No Comments »Interview I did for ScriptShadow
January 30th, 2012 admin 
Hello writers! I’m underwater. In a good way. My writing partner and I got our contracts extended for a second time so we’re still working on Fairly Legal and having a blast. Season 2 airs March 16th on USA – so tune in! We are group writing episode #212 — it’s called “gang banging” a [...]
Write more. Become better. Get career.
January 2nd, 2012 admin 
It’s a NEW YEAR, 2012, the Year of the Dragon. The last few weeks of every year and first few weeks of the beginning of the new one, I start to think about my goals for the next. I imagine many of you do the same. And if you boiled your goals down to the essence [...]
Posted in Blog Tags: become a better writer, best tv writing class, hollywood screenwriting, learn how to write a movie, log line, Los Angeles, Professional TV writer teaches workshop, screenplay structure, screenwriting 101, Screenwriting blog, screenwriting class, Screenwriting Consultant, Screenwriting crash course, screenwriting goals, Script Anatomy, spec script, story conceit, TV act breaks, tv pilot, TV Writing Workshop, Writers Boot Camp 2 Comments »“Homeland” soldiers on
December 19th, 2011 admin 
written by Ali Laventhol THE FRESHMAN CLASS OF 2011 Last year in anticipation of staffing season, I read about thirty of the pilots in production. How exciting it was to imagine the potential those pages carried! There were many that I loved and would’ve been thrilled to write for, but three stood out as favorites: [...]
Posted in Blog Tags: A Gifted Man, Alex Gansa, Ali Laventhol, Chad Hodge, Claire Danes, Damien Lewis, Fairly Legal writer, great pilot script - not so great series, Homeland, Howard Gordon, pilot tv shows, Playboy Club, Screenwriting blog, Screenwriting Classes, Script Anatomy, Susannah Grant, tv writing blog, tv writing classes No Comments »My interview for Kiyong’s Blog of Creative Pursuits
November 22nd, 2011 admin 
Recently chatted with writer and recent Nickelodeon Fellow, KIYONG KIM about my time in the FOX Writer’s Initiative, NBC Writers on the Verge, and being a writer on USA’s FAIRLY LEGAL for his fantastic screenwriting blog Kiyong’s Blog of Creative Pursuits. He asked excellent questions like – “How many scripts did you write before you were [...]
Posted in Blog Tags: Bergamot Station, Best Screenwriting Class, Blog of creative pursuits, Fairly Legal, Feature Film Writing Class, FOX Diversity, From Blank Page To First Draft, Hollywood, jeff gordon, Kiyong Kim, NBC Writers On The Verge, Professional TV Writing Instructor, Professional writer teaches screenwriting, Sarah Shahi, Screenwriting Consultant, screenwriting instructor, Screenwriting Personal Trainer, Screenwriting Structure, Script Anatomy, script consultant, Season 2, sell your TV show idea, TV Writing Class, TV Writing Workshop, USA, USA Network, Writers Boot Camp No Comments »“Anyone But Me” Web Series Q & A
April 5th, 2011 admin 
SCRIPT ANATOMY Q & A with TINA CESA WARD – Executive Producer, writer and director of Anyone But Me, an award winning web series about a new generation of gay, straight, and ethnically diverse New York teens coming of age in a post-9/11 world and struggling with identity and modern relationships. Anyone But Me recently won the [...]
Posted in Blog Tags: Anyone But Me, create, Screenwriting blog, Script Anatomy, script consultant, series, Tawnya Bhattacharya, Tina Cesa Ward, web, Web Series, Webisodes, WGA Award 2 Comments »Televisionary Writers Workshop: Write your own destiny
March 3rd, 2011 admin 
Want to be a TV writer? Or the creator of your own television show? Aspiring writers need an exceptional spec and original pilot in their portfolio to break in to the business. Make sure you’re armed with the tools you need and give yourself the best shot at success with… The Televisionary Writers Workshop [...]
Posted in Blog Tags: Bergamot Station, best tv writing class, How to write a TV pilot or spec, jeff gordon, Santa Monica, Screenwriting blog, Screenwriting Classes, Script Anatomy, The Writers Junction, TV Format, TV Structure Class, tv writing classes, TV Writing Workshop, Write a TV spec, Writers Boot Camp No Comments »Compelling Characters and the First Impression
February 15th, 2011 admin 
Insisting on a “likable” protagonist is something producers and executives love to do. That’s because if a character is “likable” we feel for them and want to watch their story. We can relate and sympathize with their dilemma. We automatically cheer them on and root for them to succeed. So it goes, the more we [...]
Posted in Blog Tags: action lines, Ali Laventhol, As Good As It Gets, character description, Chase, compelling characters, introducing character in your script, likable protagonist, Nurse Jackie, Parenthood, Screenplay Class, screenplay consultant, Screenwriting crash course, screenwriting tips, Script Anatomy, Tawnya Bhattacharya, The Social Network, What drives your main character 11 Comments »Get Expert Help with Your Screenwriting
December 22nd, 2010 admin 
My mission is to empower you to write screenplays from the heart so that your storytelling will emotionally and viscerally impact the audience.
Posted in Featured Tags: best screenwriting instructor, boot, camp, class, consultant, Los Angeles, pilot, screenplay, script, Script Anatomy, spec, story consultant, tv, united states, workshop, write, writers No Comments »
