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Guidance from award-winning instructors to help get your script noticed.

Break into screenwriting. Expand your portfolio. Transition from TV to film, or film to TV. Turn your novel into a script.

UCLA Extension Writers’ Program courses are taught by experienced screenwriters who can show you how it's done.

Our students have advanced to write and sell hundreds of popular plays, feature films, and television shows, such as Game of Thrones, The Office and SNL.


Special Offering

Feature Film and TV Writing Conservatories

January 5 - September 3, 2026

Our screenwriting conservatories are designed for the most ambitious students who know the clock is ticking and can’t wait to be successful in their writing careers. This is a 9-month accelerated online program.

Space is limited!
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Sharpen your skills, whether you're a seasoned writer or are just starting out.

Break into screenwriting. Expand your portfolio. Transition from TV to film, or film to TV. Turn your novel into a script.

UCLA Extension Writers’ Program courses are taught by experienced screenwriters who can show you how it's done.

Our students have advanced to write and sell hundreds of popular plays, feature films, and television shows, such as Game of Thrones, The Office and SNL.


Special Offering

Feature Film and TV Writing Conservatories

January 5 - September 3, 2026

Our screenwriting conservatories are designed for the most ambitious students who know the clock is ticking and can’t wait to be successful in their writing careers. This is a 9-month accelerated online program.

Space is limited!
Learn More and Apply

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Screenwriting

Courses

SCRIPT X 401

Get Your Story Straight

Craft and tinker with your story from a high-level point of view in this workshop teaching you the basics of screen story for beginners.
SCRIPT X 421.1

Half-Hour TV I

Learn how to construct a story and write a script outline for an existing half-hour series in this introductory TV writing course.
SCRIPT X 421.2

Half-Hour TV II

Go from outline to the first draft script of a half-hour series, mirroring the professional TV writer's room environment.
SCRIPT X 422.1

Half-Hour TV III

Learn how to write a TV script in this course that takes you from half-hour pilot idea to beat sheet and the teaser pages of your script.
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