How to Write a TV Pilot with Shonda Rhimes | Discover MasterClass | MasterClass

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Published 2019-05-03
Shonda Rhimes discusses the importance of knowing your television history and how you can learn some of the fundamentals of storytelling on your own.

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Learn the craft of writing for television from Shonda Rhimes, the woman behind some of television's biggest hits. In Shonda’s TV writing course, she shares her playbook for writing and creating hit shows like Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal. Shonda also grants access to original pilot scripts, pitch notes, and series bibles from her shows.

Diving deep into screenwriting fundamentals, Shonda offers detailed lessons on the five acts of television, and what needs to be accomplished in each one to tell an effective story in a one-hour drama. Shonda’s screenwriting advice will help you overcome writer’s block and provide you with a process that will turn your ideas, characters, and research into a TV pilot that’s ready to pitch to network executives. You will also take an in-depth look at both the Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal pilot’s by breaking down each episode act by act across 7 video lessons.

Meredith Grey, Olivia Pope, Cristina Yang - Shonda has created some of the most memorable characters on television. Learn how she approaches character development, and get tips on how to develop and evolve your characters.

Shonda’s television writing class is designed to offer useful lessons to both seasoned and emerging screenwriters. She reveals her top tips for networking, working entry-level jobs, and her thoughts on film school. She also provides insight into what it’s like to work in a writer’s room and what she looks for in writers when staffing her shows.

Shonda’s TV writing MasterClass will reinvigorate your characters, dialogue, and screenplays with 6+ hours of video lessons and a customized workbook tailored to each chapter. In this online class, Shonda teaches how to:

• Find and assess new show ideas
• Turn your idea into a fully-fleshed out concept
• Develop show titles, story bibles, tone, and structure
• Use effective research to make your story come to life
• Create memorable characters
• Develop and evolve your characters
• Write authentic dialogue
• Pitch your show to network executives
• Edit a script

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All Comments (21)
  • @mjohnson5030
    Shonda is awesome. I went to high school with her. She was sharp, witty and no-nonsense even then. You go, girlfriend.
  • @rinmartell2678
    2:22 That's what all her her shows have in common. The lead characters are doctors, lawyers etc. who are on the top of their game. I think that plus the diversity of her characters are what makes her shows so special.
  • @mrslaneful
    This lady is fascinating to listen to. Great concept of working backwards to get an understanding of the process of how to do something successfully
  • @richardjohnson5518
    I want shonda to make a show about the children of a president or politician because I feel that would be interesting it would be a teenage version of the shows she’s already succeeded with
  • @Ahiru77
    YES she loves Aaron Sorkin. Every character on Scandal talks 5 sentences in 1 second. Classic Sorkin.
  • @thedrunkenramblingsnorthea4201
    INFP personality calling in every single movie/series/book I love, I can't help dissecting the Hell out of. I have such a drive and such a passion that its actually very frustrating. I'm a person who wants instant success yet knows it takes SO MUCH effing work to get there. I have so many ideas inside my head yet know I have to get out of my OWN head (in a sense) to truly begin projecting my own ideas. I suffer with addiction and mental health issues and some days it takes every cell of my being just to move from my own bed, however some days I have that many ideas tumbling through my head that I love and I NEVER write them down. Then get more frustrated , hence the cycle begins again. I hope somebody feels the same out there ( any frustrated creatives with life issues ) and I can give a little relatability and hope that we both make it some day <3
  • @shelbyrenee6826
    Imma bout to go dissect the heck out of greys anatomy... brb
  • @raygencalabria1538
    I find this video SOOO helpful. I am on the verge of creating my own show but it needs a LOT of work, however thanks to Shonda's help I know what I need to do. Now time to dissect Once Upon A Time!
  • @jag5798
    I took this class, it was very helpful.
  • @andainmoy2114
    Shonda took the colors and turned my life gray, but i’m ok with it. She makes me laugh, she makes me cry, she makes me gray, not black, not white.....