Sunday, July 24, 12:00-4:30 p.m.
Larchmont Neighborhood

DESCRIPTION:

How to Build a Pitch: Creating a document that will help you sell your TV show. There are often two problems with writing a television pitch: getting started…and getting through it. This class will help you work through both of those problems. Bring in your idea for a TV show and we’ll create a pitch document using step-by- step writing exercises designed to help you generate and articulate your idea’s potential from start to finish. By the end of the class, you’ll have (writer’s cramp and) a rough draft of a pitch for your television series.

REQUIREMENTS:

Best for experienced playwrights. Knowledge of TV writing helpful but not required.

Melanie Marnich

is an award-winning television writer-producer and playwright. She currently serves as Co-Executive Producer for the upcoming Netflix series, The OA. She’s written for Big Love on HBO; The Big C and The Affair on Showtime; and for AMC’s Low Winter Sun. Her episode, “Come, Ye Saints” for Big Love earned her a Writers’ Guild award nomination for best drama episode. It was also named Best Television Episode of 2009 by Entertainment Weekly, rated third in TIME Magazine’s list of 10 Best TV episodes of 2009, and ranked in TV Guide’s 100 Best Episodes of All Time. She received a Golden Globe for her work on The Affair. She’s developed work with HBO, Joel Silver’s Silver Pictures, Amblin, Scott Free and TNT. Her plays have been produced at Manhattan Theatre Club, Dallas Theater Center, Baltimore Center Stage, Steppenwolf Theatre Company and The Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Humana Festival. She is a member of The Playwrights’ Center and an alum of New Dramatists. She also serves on the board of trustees for Humanitas.