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Politicos, Jailbirds and Werewolves: Writing the Cable Pilot

Writing Pad West
Los Angeles, CA

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Want to write the next "Orange Is The New Black" or "House of Cards"? Premium cable is the fastest growing producer of cutting-edge programming and has even spawned a new viewing model known as binge watching. Legendary screenwriter Peter Iliff ("Point Break", "Patriot Games") will show you how to write for this game-changing medium. In this five week class, he'll share his secrets for making your show instantly addictive as well as what he's learned developing his upcoming cable drama. Through fun-in class exercises, you'll find the DNA of your show, develop compelling characters, and find the stories that will sucking-up viewers faster than you can say "Greenlit." By the end of the class, you'll have completed a first draft of your pilot, and have a plan for where to send it. Surf board not included.

Instructor: Peter Iliff
Nov. 11, 18, Dec. 2, Jan. 13, 20 (5 Mon. nights)
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Cost: $595 (Includes snacks and tea)
Location: Writing Pad West

About Peter Iliff:
With over 50 sold film and TV projects, Peter Iliff has written under contract for nearly every studio and TV network in Hollywood. He became a full time screenwriter when he sold his script, "Point Break," to Ridley Scott and Columbia Pictures in 1987. Since then, he has written and sold 43 films and eight television pilots. His other movie blockbusters include"Patriot Games" with Harrison Ford, "Under Suspicion" with Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman, "Varsity Blues" with James Van Der Beek and Jon Voight, and "Rites of Passage" with Christian Slater which he also directed. Peter has also written for HBO's "Tales of the Crypt" and "Varsity Blues" for MTV. He has done studio rewrites for shows and movies such as "Frank Lloyd Wright," "Texas Rangers," "Mimic," and "Fear". He's currently working on a new surf gangster crime drama series he created for Netflix with the producer of "Entourage" and director of "The Fast & Furious."