Showrunning a TV Series: The Writing Process

Catalog description

The showrunner is the primary producer and writer on a television series. In this course, students will examine the creative qualities and leadership responsibilities needed to be a studio showrunner. Key to this endeavor, students will participate in running the “writers’ room” where the showrunner disseminates story ideas and a team of writers identifies, constructs, write, and rewrites scripts on a weekly basis to be performed for the run of a television series.