Jed Mercurio
Writing Drama for Television
Write a gripping screenplay with the creator of Line of Duty and Bodyguard.
This course includes:
What you'll learn
Join Jed as he goes deep into the anatomy of a television drama script. Spoiler alert: there’s more science in telling a story than you might think.
- Develop your idea into an outline
- Create compelling characters and setting
- Learn the science of story structure
- Write your pilot screenplay
- Build a series bible and shape your story arc
- Grow your career as a writer
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Jed Mercurio is one of Britain’s most successful television writers. The award-winning creator of Bodyguard, Trigger Point and Line of Duty will show you how to master mystery, jeopardy, and structure to create edge-of-your-seat drama.
Course preview
Lesson plan (28)
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01
Writers are made, not born
14:41
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02
Inspiration
06:35
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03
Developing ideas
15:39
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04
What kind of show are you making?
13:10
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05
The setting
09:06
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06
Relationship between character and setting
14:50
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07
Starting the pilot
13:04
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08
The content of the pilot
23:58
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09
Story architecture
17:08
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10
Inciting incidents
15:06
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11
Science of a story
19:22
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12
Set-ups and natural story
15:30
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13
Story events
12:46
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14
Plots and subplots
09:48
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15
Episodes
22:48
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16
Projecting forward - the series bible part 1
15:13
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17
Projecting forward - the series bible part 2
11:43
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18
Coefficients of narrative power 1
10:08
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19
Coefficients of narrative power 2
09:53
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20
Coefficients of narrative power 3
12:12
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21
Dialogue
23:19
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22
Attenuators of narrative power 1
12:39
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23
Attenuators of narrative power 2
14:03
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24
Attenuators of narrative power 3
06:51
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25
Mastering your craft
13:31
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26
Fallacies
17:23
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27
Rewriting and collaboration
09:24
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28
Career development
11:05
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