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The Writers Room 5050 mentors storytellers, writers, directors and producers for next-level success in television, streaming and film.

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The Writers Room 5050 mentors storytellers, writers, directors and producers for next-level success in television, streaming and film. We aim to level the playing field in entertainment for underrepresented groups, including women, black, indigenous, people of color, LGBTQAI+, disability, veterans, age, and woke men. Develop your pilots, pitch your TV series, run the writers room and direct episodes. Our alumni are in demand and getting hired.

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There’s a new organization in Hollywood providing mentorship, workshops, and incubator labs for storytellers with diverse backgrounds ready to break through to the next level in the television industry. The Writers Room 5050 was created by award-winning writer-director-producer Evette Vargas, in order to provide a clearer path for minority and female storytellers in the industry.

 

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upcoming labs
  • Directing Prep Intensive
    Apr 02, 5:00 PM
    Zoom
    In a production room setting, prep your production, including script breakdown, shot list, floor plans, storyboards and blocking.
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  • Writing the Short Film or Proof-of-Concept (POC)
    Apr 03, 5:00 PM PDT – Apr 04, 5:00 PM PDT
    Zoom
    Pitch and break your story, write your short film or POC script, have your script read by professional actors and receive feedback from a director.
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  • Writing the TV Show Bible
    Apr 05, 5:00 PM PDT
    Zoom
    In a writers room setting, write the show bible for your TV series, including developing your characters, breaking your season story arcs, writing your episode synopsis and more.
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  • Directing the Short Film or Proof-of-Concept (POC)
    Apr 08, 9:00 AM PDT
    Zoom
    In a production room setting, pitch and write your short/POC story, learn how to finance your production, prep your production, finance and direct your short/POC, and end the lab prepared to submit your film to festivals.
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  • Directing an Episode of a Horror Anthology Series
    Apr 15, 10:00 PM
    Zoom
    In a production room setting, pitch and write your short film episode story which is part of a horror anthology series, learn how to finance your production, prep your production, finance and direct your episode, and end the lab prepared to submit your short film episode to festivals...
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  • Pitching the TV Series
    Thu, Apr 20
    Zoom
    Apr 20, 5:00 PM
    Zoom
    Write the pitch, present the pitch every week and receive feedback, design the pitch deck, and pitch your show to a development executive.
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  • Running the Room
    Tue, May 02
    Zoom
    May 02, 4:00 PM EDT
    Zoom
    In a writers room setting, learn how to run the room like a showrunner as well as be a staff writer, break a season arc of an original series, break the arc of an episode, write an episode, and end the lab with a table read of your work.
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  • The Final Draft
    Tue, May 02
    Zoom
    May 02, 4:00 PM
    Zoom
    In a writers room setting; workshop, rewrite and polish your script to a final draft; run the writers room, and end the lab with a table read of the script.
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  • 2nd Draft and a Polish
    Tue, May 02
    Zoom
    May 02, 4:00 PM
    Zoom
    In a writers room setting, rewrite and polish your script, run the writers room, and end the lab with a table read of the script.
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  • Writing the TV Pilot
    Tue, May 02
    Zoom
    May 02, 4:00 PM PDT
    Zoom
    In a writers room setting, run the room, break your pilot story, write your pilot and end the lab with a table read of your work.
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  • Directing the Short Film or Proof-of-Concept (POC)
    Jul 08, 10:00 AM PDT
    Zoom
    In a production room setting, pitch and write your short/POC story, learn how to finance your production, prep your production, finance and direct your short/POC, and end the lab prepared to submit your film to festivals.
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