FEATURE & TV WRITING TRACKS
“Mentoring Act One students is my way of encouraging and empowering the next generation of screenwriters.”
-Monica Macer, Act One Faculty, Writer, Lost (ABC), Prison Break (Fox)
“My small group mentor, Amy Snow, is a dream to work with and tailors her comments to each of our styles.”
– Tish Dragonette, EP ’09, WP ’10
“My mentor has been amazing and incredibly helpful. In fact I’m off to meet her right now for some final notes.”
–Matt Mead, WP January ‘10
“My mentor’s feedback was very positive and that was encouraging! He helped me pick which of my ideas worked best all the way through to the final draft. He was also great at making sure that, even if I thought of a funny scene, I still took into account having a storyline reach an emotional end for the character for whom the storyline began.”
– Tara Causland, WP ’09
TV TRACK
TELEVISION WRITERS ROOM
The TV Track simulates a real writers room and mentors students through a full-length half-hour (comedy) or hour (drama) script.
Students in the certificate program take 3 sessions of Television Writers Room. Qualified students may take one session of Television Writers Room and one session of Individual Writer Mentoring.
Television Writers Room is particularly effective when taken on an ongoing basis; we encourage alumni to repeat this class to hone their television writing skills.
Contact Jack Gilbert at JackInLA@aol.com for more information.
Dates:
Sept. 13, 2010 – February 15, 2011 March 28, 2011 – July 14, 2011
Classes meet bi-weekly, during nights or weekends.
FEATURE TRACK
SMALL GROUP MENTORING
The Feature Track supports students through the entire process of writing a feature-length script.
Students in the certificate program take two sessions of Small Group Mentoring.
Small Group Mentoring is particularly effective when taken on an ongoing basis. Alumni are encouraged to repeat this class to hone their feature writing skills.
Dates:
Sept. 11, 2010 – March 11, 2011
Classes meet bi-weekly, during nights or weekends.
INDIVIDUAL MENTORING
This course offers one-on-one support throughout the process of writing a full-length script. We highly recommend taking this course immediately following Small Group Mentoring or Television Writers’ Room and having completed a television or feature script before taking this course. Individual Mentoring is particularly effective when taken on an ongoing basis; we encourage alumni to repeat it to hone their feature writing skills.
Dates: Sept. 11, 2010 – March 11, 2011
March 28, 2011 – August 27, 2012
Click here to download an alumni enrollment form for either of the above Feature Track courses.
Enrollment forms are due 30 days before the start of each alumni course.