Lilliana Winkworth, of The Second City’s National Touring Company, gave a workshop on writing sketch comedy during this January’s MFA workshop at the Jim Henson Studios.
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Screenwriter Thomas Dean Donnelly Speaks At Stephens College MFA in TV and Screenwriting Winter Workshop
Screenwriter Thomas Dean Donnelly (Conan the Barbarian, Jax of Heart) lectured on How to Increase your Writing Productivity at the January workshop for the Stephens College MFA in TV and Screenwriting.
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Serendipitous Learning at the Stephens College MFA in TV and Screenwriting Winter Workshop
Serendipitous Learning at the Stephens College MFA in TV and Screenwriting Winter Workshop
Some of the best things about hosting the Stephens College MFA in TV and Screenwriting at the historic Jim Henson Studios (after the quality of our guest speakers, of course) is the accidental opportunity to meet writers working on the lot. After our graduate assistant met a writer in the studio kitchen, the current first -year class was invited to the set of a sizzle reel – a 3-minute trailer for a television show the writer-producers will use to shop around town for the funding the make the full show.
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#MeetTheGraduatesMonday: Yousif Nash – Stephens College MFA in TV and Screenwriting
Every Monday we will be profiling a member of the Stephens College MFA in TV and Screenwriting 2020 graduating class. This exciting, fresh crop of writers are the future of the industry and are going on to do BIG things, so get to know them now! First up is Yousif Nash! #MeetTheGraduatesMonday
Yousif Nash is a true nerd who prides himself for having an encyclopedic knowledge on games, comics, anime, film, and television. An American born Iraqi, his parents regaled him with stories of their homeland, how it felt like a mystical land with history, culture, and wonder. It influenced him to become a storyteller, but he delayed that pursuit as he answered the call of duty and became an officer of the United States Air Force. When he left, he pursued writing seriously. He was accepted to the Writers Guild Foundation Veterans Workshop, worked on short and feature length films in his hometown, and is finishing his Masters of Fine Arts in TV Writing and Screenwriting from Stephens College. He just finished an internship at Hivemind (The Witcher, The Expanse) and is currently in another internship at Berlanti Productions (Arrow, The Flash, Riverdale) and Avi Arad’s Production Company (Spider-Man, Venom). He likes to write about nerds that suffer the normalcies of life, sci-fi, fantasy, and about Arab characters being normal people in America.
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JoAnn Braheny Presents On Creativity Styles At Stephens College MFA in TV and Screenwriting Winter Workshop via Instagram
Students in the second year of the Stephens College MFA in TV and Screenwriting work on writing prompts with creativity coach JoAnn Braheny during their January workshop meetings at the Henson Studios in Hollywood. Applications are open now for the fall class!
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Author, Tom Stempel Speaks at Stephens College MFA in TV and Screenwriting Winter Workshop
Author, Tom Stempel Speaks at Stephens College MFA in TV and Screenwriting Winter Workshop
Tom Stempel, (historian and author of one of the textbooks used in our MFA – Framework: a History of Screenwriting) has a blog – Understanding Screenwriting — where he analyzes the work of recent screenplays, many of which you may have just seen.
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Between the Sheets: Writing About Sex on Television Photos via Instagram
Between the Sheets: Writing About Sex on Television
The Stephens College MFA in TV and Screenwriting program teamed up with the Writers Guild Foundation to pull the covers back on a topic that still makes viewers blush: sex. On this special evening, our panel of TV writers and producers share how they approach writing about sex, from intimate scenes to revealing dialogue, and the nuances they consider when crafting stories about sex and sexuality.
Panelists:
- Michelle Ashford – Masters of Sex, The Pacific
- Cindy Chupack – I’m Dying Up Here, Divorce, Sex and the City
- Sahar Jahani – 13 Reasons Why, Ramy
- Dayna Lynne North – Insecure, Single Ladies, Lincoln Heights
- Gladys Rodriguez – Vida, Dynasty, Sons of Anarchy
- Moderated by Dr. Rosanne Welch.
Writers Guild Foundation – @wgfoundation
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Producers Pitchfest – Stephens College MFA in TV and Screenwriting Winter Workshop
Producers Pitchfest – Stephens College MFA in TV and Screenwriting Winter Workshop
Thanks to mentor Laura Brennan (left) the 2nd year cohort were treated to a pitchfest with a panel of producers during one of their nights of workshop. Joining the panel were producer/director Lisa Singer Haese, producer/studio executive Suzanne Lyons, and television writer/producer Brian Bird (“The Ultimate Life” (2013), “When Calls the Heart,” “When Hope Calls”).
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Between the Sheets: Writing About Sex on Television Photos via Instagram
Between the Sheets: Writing About Sex on Television
The Stephens College MFA in TV and Screenwriting program teamed up with the Writers Guild Foundation to pull the covers back on a topic that still makes viewers blush: sex. On this special evening, our panel of TV writers and producers share how they approach writing about sex, from intimate scenes to revealing dialogue, and the nuances they consider when crafting stories about sex and sexuality.
Panelists:
- Michelle Ashford – Masters of Sex, The Pacific
- Cindy Chupack – I’m Dying Up Here, Divorce, Sex and the City
- Sahar Jahani – 13 Reasons Why, Ramy
- Dayna Lynne North – Insecure, Single Ladies, Lincoln Heights
- Gladys Rodriguez – Vida, Dynasty, Sons of Anarchy
- Moderated by Dr. Rosanne Welch.
Writers Guild Foundation – @wgfoundation
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Between the Sheets: Writing About Sex on Television Panel via Instagram
Between the Sheets: Writing About Sex on Television
The Stephens College MFA in TV and Screenwriting program teamed up with the Writers Guild Foundation to pull the covers back on a topic that still makes viewers blush: sex. On this special evening, our panel of TV writers and producers share how they approach writing about sex, from intimate scenes to revealing dialogue, and the nuances they consider when crafting stories about sex and sexuality.
Panelists:
- Michelle Ashford – Masters of Sex, The Pacific
- Cindy Chupack – I’m Dying Up Here, Divorce, Sex and the City
- Sahar Jahani – 13 Reasons Why, Ramy
- Dayna Lynne North – Insecure, Single Ladies, Lincoln Heights
- Gladys Rodriguez – Vida, Dynasty, Sons of Anarchy
- Moderated by Dr. Rosanne Welch.
Writers Guild Foundation – @wgfoundation
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