*ONLINE* How To Write A Sitcom PART 1 with Tim Ferguson

*This is an online workshop*

TWO (2) ONLINE SESSIONS!

TV Sitcom – from Seinfeld to The Office to Veep – is one of the world’s most popular genres.

It’s also the hardest to write!

You have a great idea, but where do you start?

Tim Ferguson presents his world-renowned sitcom development course in two 2-hour classes.

You’ll discover practical techniques for developing and writing your sitcom:

• Build comic characters
• Write funny stories
• Create comic situations
• Develop a series
• Write funny dialogue

If you’re a Beginner, Tim will show you how to get started.

If you’re a Professional, you’ll gain new tools to get your scripts to the next level.

 

The workshop is broken into two parts, which you can attend either or both of: 

PART 1

The Hidden Principles of Narrative Comedy

The 3 Sub–Genres of narrative comedy

Sitcom character development

Build a team of comic characters

Principles of Narrative Humour (character-based)

 
PART 2

Comic story structure

Comic scene structure

Comic situation creation

Principles of Narrative Humour (situation-based)

Comic Dialogue

 

Tim Ferguson has written and script-produced multiple sitcoms.

He’s a movie screenwriter & director and international touring comedian.

He teaches comedy writing for NYU, AFTRS and worldwide. 

Tim wrote the bestselling manual, The Cheeky Monkey – Writing Narrative Comedy.

 

"I wrote my latest screenplay with Tim's comedy principals by my side. Every time I noticed that I'd written an unfunny scene, I'd grab Tim's notes and with startling ease make any scene laugh-out-loud funny." 

[Brett Stanning, screenwriter/editor]

 

‘Tim’s comedy writing class was non-stop fun and helped me to become an even better comedy writer. I wrote my first US TV pilot using these principals.’


[Joanne Rose, winner at  L.A. WEB FEST]

 

“Revelations galore! I’ve written comedy for 20 years, but Tim showed me how Comedy really works on the inside.”

[CK Cohen, NYC screenwriter]

 

“Fun, practical and inspiring. I'll never see comedy the same way again.” 

[Jeffery E Doherty, author]

 

“I cannot recommend this course highly enough. Fun, practical and Tim is so generous with his extensive talent and skills. DO IT!!”

[Kristen Lawler]

 

 

WHEN:

PART 1

Sunday, August 16th, 2 pm-4 pm AEST

PART 2

Sunday, August 23rd, 2 pm-4 pm AEST

If you would like to attend both sessions,  once you've booked your first session you'll receive an email with a 10% discount code to book the second session

TICKETS:

Single session:

$33.00 [incl GST]  - Full

$26.00 [incl GST]  - Concession

Tickets to How To Write A Sitcom Part 2 are available here

This is an ONLINE workshop, a link and password for the workshop will be emailed to ticket buyers prior to the workshop.