Christmas for Cable: Writing Cable Network Films
Writing for cable networks such as Hallmark, Lifetime, or UpTV is specialty writing. Same with any of the streaming services looking for a “Hallmark” type of Christmas film—and they all are.
They each have their specific brand. For their specific audiences. They have guidelines you have to write to. This class will lay those out and help you navigate the choppy waters that can be writing for one of these networks.
Topics include:
- The 9-act break requirements
- Writing within network guidelines creatively
- How to market yourself after you have a script ready to be seen
- Q&A
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
4-6 p.m. PT | 7-9 p.m. ET
Registration: $35
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Bob Saenz is a screenwriter living in Nashville, with 21 credited produced films. Works include the comedy, Extracurricular Activities, Help for the Holidays, Rescuing Madison, A Christmas Star, The Right Girl, Sound of Christmas, Church People, The Christmas Yule Blog and The Farmer and the Belle. He regularly does rewrites and polishes on film and TV projects for Producers and Production Companies. He speaks and teaches at Film Festivals and Writers' Conferences across the country and is the author of two books—the popular screenwriting book, That’s Not the Way It Works: A Non-Nonsense Guide to the Craft and Business of Screenwriting, and a Young Adult novel, Jessica's Vampire Diary.