Start Date: 3rd June, 2026
Duration: Six Weeks
Price: £160
3 places remaining
Course Structure and Flexibility:
Each week, you’ll receive a new module with written lessons that you can complete at your own pace, giving you the flexibility to fit learning around your schedule. We recommend setting aside around 2 to 3 hours per week for the course. With no fixed class times, you have the freedom to study whenever it suits you best.
Registration and Course Availability:
As places can fill quickly, we recommend registering early to secure your place. Our classes are open to students from all over the world.
Course Access and Materials:
You’ll have lifetime access to all course materials, allowing you to return to the content whenever you need a refresher, even after the course has finished.
Getting Started:
Your tutor will send your first module by email on the course start date. Please remember to check your Spam or Junk folder so you do not miss this important information. Each week, you’ll complete a written task designed to improve your learning and develop your skills. Once finished, you’ll submit your assignments for personalised feedback from your dedicated online tutor, who will support and guide you throughout the course. Our aim is to help you strengthen your writing and take your skills to the next level.
Welcome to the Writing TV Drama course at Creative Writing Ink!
Welcome to the Writing TV Drama course at Creative Writing Ink!
We love watching TV drama, but what goes into writing a script that will enthral and involve an audience? Primarily, this is a course for new writers who may not have written a script before but all writers are welcome. It’s an encouraging space where you’ll think of an idea for a script, develop the characters and story, and take it through the development process so it is ready to sell.
Over six modules (plus a bonus, free one at the end), we will look at the nature of scriptwriting – origins, formatting, storytelling tips and tricks. And you will work to create your own original, pilot script for a TV series you’ve devised. And we’ll look at the market and we’ll cover ways of trying to sell your script and how to work as a TV writer in the current climate.
So whether you fancy writing the next Breaking Bad or Pose or Russian Doll or Dead to Me or Slow Horses this could be for you. If you want to learn about scriptwriting, why not sign up?
Course Outline:
Week One – Writing for a Visual Medium
We consider the origins of scriptwriting, the types of script and what’s needed for you to think up a brilliant story; with a worksheet for your story and an introduction to using the power of ‘What if?’
Week Two – Loglines, Characters and Story
In the second week, we ask, what makes a good character in a TV drama? You’ll develop a logline for your drama – the single most powerful tool to distil down the essence of your story.
Week Three – Scripts
How do you navigate storytelling in a script? What are the formatting things to remember as you write your story? And this week also covers some tips, tricks and scriptwriting ‘secrets’! This week’s module also includes a free template for a TV script, so you can write your script, knowing it’s formatted in the correct way!
Week Four – Conflict, Reveals and Twists
In week four, we show how to use conflict to drive a story and keep an audience on the edge of their seats. You’ll also look into how to plant a reveal or a twist to leave your audience desperate to find out what happens next.
Week Five – Working as a TV Writer
In the penultimate week, we’ll show you the way into working as a TV writer, with case studies of some celebrated TV writers. You’ll also learn about what happens to a script when it is accepted for production (‘green lit’).
Week Six – The Next Steps
In the final week, you’ll learn different techniques to write a script and find out what makes a great pitch. We’ll discuss pitch decks, treatments, specs and pilots – and answer that age-old question: do I need an agent?
Bonus module – Writing prompts
Twenty-three ways to get unstuck when the words aren’t flowing!
