La construction de personnages et de dialogues
Quebec's screenwriters' guild runs this six-day French-language course on building fiction characters for film and TV and on what dialogue does, from function to subtext.
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Workshop or class Online, from Los Angeles, United States
Television Writing Conservatory
Run by UCLA Extension
Eight writers spend most of 2027 in this live Zoom class from UCLA Extension, meeting two evenings a week to write two original pilots, each with an outline, a pitch and a bible. Applying is free; the Winter 2027 fee of 6,000 dollars is due only from those accepted. Applications close November 30, 2026.
Deadline Nov 30, 2026 (closes in 41 days)
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Dates
| Deadline | Date | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Application | Nov 30, 2026 | free to apply |
It runs Jan 4 to Sep 2, 2027 in Los Angeles.
Deadlines are as the organizer states them. Check the time zone on the official page.
At a glance
- Cost
- From $6,000Winter 2027 course fee, paid only by those accepted who enroll; applying costs nothing
- Formats
- TV pilot, Series
- Held in
- English
- Where
- Online, from Los Angeles, United States
- Who can attend
- Entry is by application only; the course is restricted and places go to the strongest applications.
- Prizes
- Not a competition.
What to send
- Length
- One writing sample, for example the opening ten pages of a screenplay
- Also asked for
- The sample may also be a short story, article or play. Add a personal statement of two to three pages, a resume and up to three loglines for the project you would develop.
Need your pages in standard screenplay format first? The free screenplay formatter lays them out and saves a PDF.
What it gives besides money
A class of eight taught by Phil Kellard writes two original pilots, each moving from outline and pitch to first draft and series bible, then revises both into drafts ready to show representatives and buyers.
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