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Nov. 11, 2020




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NY NATAS Members are invited to attend this exclusive event:

Writing for Television & New Media ~ Network, Cable, and Streaming with Julie Poll

(Limited to only 15 attendees)

 We are pleased to offer our esteemed members this one-on-one opportunity with Julie Poll, a talented professional script writer with over 36+ years in the business! 

  The workshops will cover the fundamentals of writing for television, comedy and drama, spec scripts and original, for writers who need a refresher course or those looking to learn for the first time.

The differences in writing for network, cable and streaming will be addressed.
 

Workshop/PART 1 on November 11th will cover:

Pitching to an agent, producer and other options
to get your show picked up and produced
 
The length of your pitch and what it should
and should not include
 
The importance of the outline which is the guts of your script;
If it doesn’t work in the outline, it won’t work in the script.
 
Story structure for half hour and hour formats and streaming
 

Workshop/PART 2 on November 18th will cover:

Plot and character development
 
Budget constraints
 
Presentation
 
Summary of script fundamentals for spec scripts and pilots, including concept, plot, structure, characters and dialogue
 

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 Speaker: Ms. Julie Poll ~ Script Writer 
 
 Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2020**
Note: Part 2 will take place on Wednesday, November 18th at 6:15 - 7:30PM
 
 Time: 6:15 - 7:30PM
 
  Meeting via: Zoom**
**Note: If you are new to ZOOM, please visit www.zoom.us or download the free app. 
 
RSVP***:  
Kindly RSVP online by providing your full name, company name, telephone number, and a brief career description in the "Comments" section along with your NY NATAS Membership # for verfication purposes by Wednesday, November 11, 2020.
***NOTE: If you wish to also attend the 11/18 workshop, you must RSVP separately by clicking on the 11/18 Event Page.  
 
  Once you RSVP, you will be sent the link to the Zoom meeting. 
 
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Featured Speakers

Speaker Julie Poll
JULIE POLL is a script writer for The Bay, an Emmy award-winning digital series  streaming on Amazon Prime. In soaps 20+ years, Julie was a script writer for As The World Turns and wrote the anniversary books for As The World Turns, Guiding Light, and Another World. She was Consulting …

JULIE POLL is a script writer for The Bay, an Emmy award-winning digital series  streaming on Amazon Prime. In soaps 20+ years, Julie was a script writer for As The World Turns and wrote the anniversary books for As The World Turns, Guiding Light, and Another World. She was Consulting Producer for the 2008 Daytime Emmy Show which aired on ABC. Other writing credits include scripts for the hosts of America Movie Classics (AMC) and for Katie Couric for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Julie is a Script Reader for the Meryl Streep funded New York Women In Film and Television Writers Lab, and the Austin Film Festival. She taught a professional Sitcom Writing Seminar for the NY Television Academy and the Writers Guild of America, East, and was a New York Women In Film and Television scriptwriting mentor. She is on the Daytime Emmy Awards Advisory Panel and the Board of Governors of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, New York Chapter.  Julie is a Lifetime Member of the Writers Guild of America, East.

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Date and Time

Wed, Nov. 11, 2020

7:15 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
(GMT-0500) US/Central

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Event has ended
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