Rewriting Your TV Pilot and Crafting Your Pitch

Looking for support to polish your original pilot and prepare your TV series pitch? Revise your pilot with an accomplished TV writer as your guide. In this live online, eight-week course designed for aspiring and experienced TV writers, a Sundance Collab Instructor will offer a comprehensive approach to refining your pilot, creating a TV series show bible, and preparing a compelling pitch to industry professionals.

How the course is structured:

At the beginning and the end of the course, your instructor will read your pilot and will meet with you for two dedicated, 45-minute, 1-on-1 sessions.

Outside of the 1-on-1 sessions, you will meet weekly with your instructor and cohort to discuss core concepts and be guided on a revision schedule. The final 1-on-1 session will occur one to two weeks after the last class session.

By the end of the course, you will have a polished pilot, a compelling TV pitch, and the confidence to present your series to industry professionals.

This course is meant to follow TV Writing: From Outline to First Draft of Your Pilot, but can be taken on its own if you have a full draft of a pilot script. This is the final course in the TV Writing Track. 

Note:

To register, you will need to submit a draft of your TV pilot script along with an Intention Statement. You will have the opportunity to submit a revised draft of your pilot two weeks before the first class. At this point, all pilots from the cohort will be sent to the instructor to read to prepare for the course.

The Intention Statement is a one-page document that describes what you hope to accomplish with your story, what you want the audience to take away, and what type of feedback would be helpful to you before you dive into your rewrite.

What you bring to the course:

• a full draft of a TV pilot (under 60 pages)

What you’ll get from the course:

• a greater understanding of TV pilot structure and character development
• tools to develop your own approach to rewriting and polishing your work
• how to effectively incorporate feedback to enhance your script
• how to develop and practice a formal pitch for your TV series

This course will:

• provide tools and techniques to apply to any project
• build a creative community of writers to support each other
• offer personalized feedback on your pilot script, your season one overview, and your series pitch via 1-on-1 sessions with a Sundance Collab Instructor

A limited number of need-based scholarships are available and are considered on a rolling basis as they are received. Those who apply earlier will have a greater chance of getting support. To apply for a scholarship, please complete the course registration form.

Sundance Collab provides accommodations and support services to participants with disabilities. Accommodations and services are designed to meet the needs of each participant. Please email us at accessibility@sundance.org to arrange for services.