TV Writing + Pitch Deck

Bring your idea and we’ll build your TV pilot, series and pitch.

In this class you’ll learn:

  • Story fundamentals and structure

    • How to build a scene, sequence, and episode using conflict, escalation, and payoff

    • Three-act, four-act, and serialized structures specific to television

    • Pacing across a 22–60 minute episode and series arc planning

  • Character creation and development

    • Writing distinct, active protagonists, antagonists, and supporting casts

    • Creating character wants, needs, and dramatic beats that drive plot

    • Character arcs across episodes and seasons

  • Voice, tone, and genre

    • Finding and sustaining a unique writer’s voice for comedy, drama, and procedurals.

    • Understanding the difference between comedy, drama and dramady/traumadys

  • Episode and series concepting

    • Developing loglines, synopses, and series bibles

    • Translating high-concept ideas into sustainable season plans

    • Creating show pitches geared to buyers and networks/streamers

  • Scene and dialogue mechanics

    • Writing clear, purposeful scenes with subtext and stakes

    • Crafting authentic, distinctive dialogue and comedic timing

    • How to end a scene with a button joke or action event

  • Business and career skills

    • Writing professional query letters, loglines, and one-page pitches

    • Building a portfolio: spec scripts, pilot, and series bible

    • Networking, agents, managers, and navigating submission channels

  • Writers’ room practice

    • Collaborative storybreaking: idea generation, outlining, and group rewriting

    • Pitching scenes and notes, receiving and implementing feedback

  • Workshop and critique practices

    • Giving and receiving constructive feedback on scenes and scripts

    • Using peer review to refine voice and structure

    • Iterative development through staged readings and table reads

Week 1

How to create characters that your audiences will want to binge, with personalities that put pressure on each other to create a lasting series.

Week 2

The difference between a comedy, a dramady and a drama, and how to structure those on the page.

Week 3

How to build out your series engine, what makes a lasting series, and how to repeat your pilot structure again and again.

Week 4

You’ll leave with the confidence to write a pitch deck that will sell your pilot. Or gets you hired on an existing series!

A room filled with vintage televisions on wooden shelves, a bicycle in the center, and various framed certificates and artworks on the wall.

This class meets ONLINE.

“Karin’s teaching method is simple and to the point.

She’s dedicated to making screenwriting make sense.”