From Idea to Draft: Build Your Pilot in 6 Weeks with Ali Vingiano—Starts Oct. 23
Bring an idea, outline, or first draft you'd like to re-write to this class. Within six weeks, Ali Vingiano will help you finish a pilot that has great structure, an emotionally impactful story, a strong engine, and excellent scene work.
Details
Highlights of this class include:
• Breaking your entire story with the help of a professional writer
• Mastering crucial story elements, including character, tone, theme, story engines, drive, and much more
• Learning and feeling confident in dramatic structure
• Writing good scenes!!! With good dialogue! And transitions!
• Weekly assignments, which you will receive verbal notes on in the next class
• Small classes to ensure personalized attention
Be prepared to work hard and leave with something you are very proud of!
Bring an idea, outline, or first draft you'd like to re-write to this class. Within six weeks, Ali Vingiano will help you finish a pilot that has great structure, an emotionally impactful story, a strong engine, and excellent scene work.
Details
Highlights of this class include:
• Breaking your entire story with the help of a professional writer
• Mastering crucial story elements, including character, tone, theme, story engines, drive, and much more
• Learning and feeling confident in dramatic structure
• Writing good scenes!!! With good dialogue! And transitions!
• Weekly assignments, which you will receive verbal notes on in the next class
• Small classes to ensure personalized attention
Be prepared to work hard and leave with something you are very proud of!
Bring an idea, outline, or first draft you'd like to re-write to this class. Within six weeks, Ali Vingiano will help you finish a pilot that has great structure, an emotionally impactful story, a strong engine, and excellent scene work.
Details
Highlights of this class include:
• Breaking your entire story with the help of a professional writer
• Mastering crucial story elements, including character, tone, theme, story engines, drive, and much more
• Learning and feeling confident in dramatic structure
• Writing good scenes!!! With good dialogue! And transitions!
• Weekly assignments, which you will receive verbal notes on in the next class
• Small classes to ensure personalized attention
Be prepared to work hard and leave with something you are very proud of!
Dates
October 23 - December 4
Time
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (EST)
Duration
6 weeks
What you will learn
Developing compelling characters and arcs
Story engines
Hooks and conceits
How to break a story
Pilot structure for 30-minute comedies AND 60-minute dramas
Workshop takeaways
You will leave with a first draft of a TV pilot that shows a mastery of character, story structure, and story engines.
Class Meeting Dates
October 23
October 30
November 6
November 13
November 20
December 4
Testimonials
“Ali’s class was amazing! Thanks to this class, I was finally able to complete my outline, which I had been “working on” for several years (i.e., doing anything and everything but actually writing it). Ali had so many amazing insights and experiences that she shared with us in class and, at every step of the way, provided us with constructive feedback on our individual projects. Highly recommended!” — Diana T., ongoing TV writing course
“Ali gave extremely thoughtful notes on every assignment I turned in. She had an incredible ability to point out flaws in my story structure and character work without making me feel bad. Rather, I left each class feeling excited and motivated to keep doing the work. I especially appreciated her lectures, where she used many examples to illustrate her points clearly, and was very open to questions and discussions. I will be taking Ali's next course, and I'm excited to continue working with her!” — Katie M., ongoing TV writing course
“I loved Ali's workshop because it gave me a roadmap for approaching an idea as a one-hour drama. She broke down building great dramatic characters, then using their psychological needs and the show's themes to shape the overall story. Her in-depth structure analysis was also very helpful to see where specifically the form differs from a sitcom. A great class!” — Chelsea Davison (Ted, The Tonight Show), TV Drama Writing For Comedians workshop
About the Instructor
Ali is a WGA Award-nominated screenwriter who wrote for the first two seasons of THE MORNING SHOW (Apple TV+) and is currently developing film & TV projects with various studios. She was previously a Field Producer for THE OPPOSITION W/ JORDAN KLEPPER (Comedy Central) and starred in the largely improvised indie film THE END OF US, which premiered at SXSW. She has written and directed dozens of short films and web series for BuzzFeed, Condé Nast, and independently, which have over 1 billion views online. Her work has been profiled by Huffington Post, NBC’s Today Show, and NYLON Magazine, which said she "is the rare kind of person who can acutely observe human behavior and mine it for storytelling that balances sharp insight with much-needed levity." Her online writing has appeared in Vulture, BuzzFeed, The Hairpin, and on her bestselling Substack newsletter, Little Things.