Introduction to Writing for Series

SCR5002.01
Course System Home Terms Summer 2026 Introduction to Writing for Series

Course Description

Summary

This course introduces students to the organizing dramatic principles of episodic series. Student will collaborate to outline a new season of episodes; each student then outlines one of those episodes; then writes and rewrites their episode. The course builds on the technical and imaginative foundations of the summer residency, adding to that the capacity to inhabit existing characters and worlds and write in the voice of another writer.  

 

Prerequisites

Students must be accepted and enrolled in the MFA-LR Screenwriting program.

Instructor

  • Faculty TBA

Day and Time

TBA

Delivery Method

Fully remote

Length of Course

Full Term

Academic Term

Summer 2026

Area of Study

Credits

8

Course Level

5000

Maximum Enrollment

6

Course Frequency

Once a year