
$560.00
Oct 10 to Nov 7 — Sundays, 10:00am – 1:00pm (PT)
Instructor: Ian Sobel
Have an outline for a TV spec script or pilot that you want to take to draft? Or a draft that needs to be rewritten? Maybe you’ve taken our Televisionary course and want deadlines and feedback as you head into the draft?
The TV Draft Intensive is a structured 3 session class with time off in between to write each week and is designed for writers who have a completed outline and are ready to write their spec or pilot. This class will help you get that unfinished project written and polished while reviewing core structure and other key elements like theme, relationship dynamics, conflict and emotion that will strengthen and elevate your script for emotional impact.
It begins with a pre-class prep week in which you hand in your outline and read a comedy or drama script chosen by the instructor. In Week One you receive notes on your outlines from your peers and the instructor. In Weeks Two & Three, you receive notes on the first and second halves of your scripts, while working on specific frameworks.
Classes cover: Structure / Act Outs / Set up / Character Development / Strengthening Dynamic Relationships / Amping up Conflict/ Stakes / Deepening Emotion and/or Comedy / Scene Techniques + In Class Exercises
Required: Televisionary or equivalent experience.
*Sign up early! Outlines due at least one week before the start of class!*
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For a student’s perspective see Hannah Rosner’s testimonial video.
When: Oct 10 / Oct 24 / Nov 7
AI USE POLICY: Script Anatomy is a craft-based screenwriting program. Our work here is built on the belief that writing is a skill developed through practice, feedback, and revision, not something that can be outsourced.
Your own material: While we know some writers use AI tools for researching and brainstorming, we ask that the scripts and pages you bring to class represent your own writing and creative decisions. Using AI tools to generate scenes, dialogue, or structure in place of your own work undermines the purpose of the program and is highly discouraged.
Other writers’ material: As a reminder, everything shared in this room, scripts, pitches, and personal shares, falls under the “cone of silence” category and is also considered someone’s original work and IP (intellectual property). Please don’t run anyone else’s material through ChatGPT, Claude, Sudowrite, or any other AI tool. Writers in this industry are understandably protective of their work, and we treat that seriously.
Please note that classes are for individuals aged 18 and older.