TV Writing: From Idea to Pilot
About this Course Bundle
You’ve got a great idea for a TV series. Now, it’s time to start writing. In this sequence of courses, you will learn a set of tools and go from idea to outline to completing a first draft of your original pilot (<60 pages).
Included with this bundle:
TV Writing: Core Elements
Upcoming Sessions
You will select one of the following items during checkout.
September 2026
September 7–November 1, 2026
With: Angela LaManna
December 2026
December 7–January 31, 2027
With: Angela LaManna
TV Writing: From Outline to First Draft of Your Pilot
TV Writing: From Outline to First Draft of Your Pilot
Upcoming Sessions
You will select one of the following items during checkout.
October 2026
October 12–December 20, 2026
With: Angela LaManna
December 2026
December 7, 2026–February 14, 2027
With: Angela LaManna
Course BundleAccessibility
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.
Instructor
Part of Sundance Collab's unique educational approach is to create a teaching team of lead instructor and advisors for every course. For our self-paced courses, the video lectures will be delivered by the instructor and the group office hours or live class exercises and feedback will be conducted by a course advisor.
Angela LaManna
Writer
Angela LaManna grew up in Syracuse, New York. She was an English major at The University of Texas at Austin, where she took courses in creative writing for fiction, poetry and screenwriting.
She worked in the nonprofit sector as well as a story producer for reality TV before she landed her first television gig as the showrunner’s assistant on HANNIBAL. She sold her first script that same year to A&E. Her credits include CHANNEL ZERO, MARVEL’S THE PUNISHER, the upcoming British limited series BEHIND HER EYES for Netflix and THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR (THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE season two).
FAQ
Sundance Collab’s course bundles provide a built-in discount for those wishing to take multiple courses in sequence in a discipline. They offer the advantage of savings, while still providing the lectures and guidance found in these courses individually.
We do not allow creative partners to do our course bundles as a team. However, both creators can individually purchase the bundle.
Due to the built-in savings, we do not offer scholarships for bundles. If you’re in need of financial support, we often offer a limited number of need-based scholarships to individual courses. Check the course description to see if that individual course currently has scholarships available.
Yes, we offer three-part payment plans for course bundles. In all cases, the first payment is due at the point of purchase. The remaining payment(s) are spread out throughout the term of the first course, and can be viewed by clicking the “Payment plan available. View details” link below the price on the bundle page.
Participants will have access to the individual course recordings for one year following the last class session for each individual course. Your access to the first course ends a year from the date of that course’s last scheduled session, and so on.
All participants will receive a Certificate of Completion for each course completed in the bundle. The certificate will include the name associated with your Collab account, which can be edited by clicking “Profile” under your avatar, and then “Edit Profile”.
You can find any bundles you have already completed under your profile, under “Bundles.”
Sundance Collab provides accommodations and support services to participants with disabilities. Please contact us at (435) 776-7790 or email us at accessibility@sundance.org to ask any questions or to discuss your specific needs after you have been accepted into the bundle.