TV Writers Room

TV Writers Room Workshop

Custom Training for Creative Teams

Designed for Organizations Training an Entire Writers Room

Participants will create, map out, and write a season of a TV show from scratch.

What’s Included in the TV Writers Room Workshop

25 Hours of Workshop

Ten 2 1/2 hour class sessions, each one filled with unique lectures, skill-building exercises, group discussions, and individual story consultation.

Experience what it’s like to work in a TV writers room as the class pitches series ideas and builds a season together.

WRITE ON ASSIGNMENT

Write an episode for a show concept selected by the room, rather than only writing your own original project.

NOTES & FEEDBACK

Receive feedback on your episode Nutshell, beat sheet, assigned episode script, and rewrite assignment.

REWRITE EXPERIENCE

Gain experience revising another writer’s script, just as writers often do in a professional room.

TOOLS & WORKSHEETS

Use story worksheets, teleplay examples, and Nutshell Technique tools throughout the workshop.

Sample 10-Week Writers Room Syllabus

This sample syllabus shows the kind of material we may cover in a private writers’ room workshop. Each workshop is customized for your team’s specific needs, goals, and projects. We spend most of our time working directly on your stories, using the Nutshell Technique to strengthen structure, clarify character arcs, and build episodes that move with purpose.

Week 1: Pitches & Blue Sky Period

Participants will present their new TV series pitches, and the room will vote and select one to be the series all participants will be writing for. Jill will then lead the group through “blue skying” potential directions for the season

Week 2: Mapping the Season

I will lead the group in breaking story and mapping out the entire first season. Episodes will be assigned (one per writer), and we’ll begin Nutshelling the episodes.

Week 3: Episode Nutshells & Plot Development

Writers will present their individual episodes’ Nutshells to the class. Jill will go through episodic structure and beat sheet best practices.

Week 4: Character Profiles

The group will determine each character’s defining characteristics and personal vocabulary. Due: all episode beat sheets.

Week 5: Beat Sheet Critiques

Everyone will critique all the beat sheets via the two-way mirror method.

Week 6: Writing Action & Dialogue

The principles behind writing action and dialogue will be reviewed. Advanced topics (such as minislugs, tone, theme, and subtext) may be addressed this week if there is time.

Week 7: Discovering Your Voice

I will go through how to discover your voice as a writer and the principle of “be delightful.” Due: all episode first drafts.

Week 8: Episode Critiques

Everyone will critique all the episodes via the two-way mirror method.

Week 9: The TV Writing Business

I will talk about the business side of teleplay writing. Due: everyone will turn in their “delightful”-pass rewrites of another writer’s first draft.

Week 10: Final Script Critiques

Everyone will critique all the “delightful”-pass rewrites.

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