Writing the Half-Hour Television Pilot Treatment

Writing the Half-Hour Television Pilot Treatment 
Event: Wednesday May 16, 2018

Whether you are writing a half-hour drama, comedy or a dramedy, a good treatment helps you identify and prevent important structural and character mistakes. The treatment helps as a diagnostic tool once you’ve completed your draft to foolproof your story. It is also a useful selling tool in a marketplace where, in a practical sense, no one reads it until you have an insider’s attention.

Attendees will learn:

– A foolproof method for the half-hour structure.
– An easy way to create compelling character arcs within an episode.
– How to organize your act breaks and your A & B stories with ease.
– Participants will create an outline for a script that can then be turned into a treatment.

Attendees will receive a free copy of Horowitz’s NYU and SVA textbook, The Four Magic Questions of Screenwriting.


Presenter

Marilyn Ida Horowitz is an award-winning New York University writing professor and consultant, who has taught thousands of aspiring screenwriters to complete their works using The Horowitz System®, a trademarked writing system used in book editions for college, high school and middle school. Horowitz served a full tenure as judge for the Fulbright Scholarship Program for film and media students, and received the New York University Award for Teaching Excellence in 2004. She has produced and consulted on several films, including the Warner Brothers feature, And Then Came Love (2007). Her political thriller, The Book of Zev was released on December 1, 2014. She is also a contributor to the Amazon bestseller, The Voyage to Your Vision.