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Save the Cat!® TV Beat Sheet Workshop with Jamie Nash

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Save the Cat!® TV Beat Sheet Workshop with Jamie Nash

November 12, 2022 - November 27, 2022

$495.00

students in a zoom class on a laptop screen

The jobs are in TV. Are you ready to write your breakthrough TV pilot?

In this live Zoom workshop with 4 sessions over 3 weeks, you’ll learn the essentials of developing your compelling TV series and TV pilot and develop 2 beat sheets—one for your series and one for your pilot, along with your pitch—based on the Save the Cat!® methodology.

 

A MAXIMUM OF 8 STUDENTS MEANS YOU WILL BE GUIDED BY THE INSTRUCTOR STEP-BY-STEP, BEAT-BY-BEAT.

 

4 Zoom sessions, each 2.5 hours in length:

Saturday, November 12, 2022: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM pacific

Sunday, November 13, 2022: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM pacific

Saturday, November  19, 2022: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM pacific

Sunday, November 27, 2022: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM pacific

 

ABOUT THE TV BEAT SHEET WORKSHOP

Over the course of 4 sessions, you will:

* Learn and use the key elements to create your TV series, including World, Franchise Type, and Characters.
* Learn the 15 Save the Cat! story beats and how they apply to television season arcs and pilot episodes.
* Use the Save the Cat! beats to break both your Season 1 arc and pilot episode.
* Practice your series and pilot pitches and improve your technique in front of a friendly group of fellow writers eager to help you succeed.


THE WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

SESSION ONE
* Create your breakthrough series by finding a World, Franchise Type, and compelling Characters.

SESSION TWO
* Pitch your high-level series idea.
* Learn how to “beat out” your series Season 1 arc and pilot using the Blake Snyder Beat Sheet.

SESSION THREE
* Pitch your Season 1 arc and use it to determine the story you want to tell in the pilot episode.
* Discover the tips and tricks of writing a great TV pilot episode.

SESSION FOUR
* Pitch your TV pilot to the class using the 15 key beats.

 

YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Jamie Nash is the author of the best-selling Save the Cat! Writes for TV and the Save the Cat! Beat Sheet Workbook. Jamie has written and sold almost every type of story under the sun, including the horror films ExistsV/H/S/2The Night WatchmenAltered, and Lovely Molly, and the family films Santa Hunters and Tiny Christmas. He has written the Middle Grade novels Bunk! and The 44 Rules of Amateur Sleuthing and the sci-fi novel Nomad. Jamie knows what it’s like to make a living as a writer. When he’s not writing and selling work, he teaches screenwriting at Johns Hopkins University and MICA and co-hosts the podcast Writers/Blockbusters.

 

PAY AS LOW AS $45 PER MONTH WITH  AFFIRM – IN THE CART.

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Start:
November 12, 2022
End:
November 27, 2022
Cost:
$495.00
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via Zoom

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