In the past two weeks, Corey has heard from eight students who have sold scripts and pitches. Despite the current health crisis, the industry is still very much open for business. But to sell a project, it's got to be the right one. Come learn what kinds of scripts are required to give you the best possible chance of success in the current marketplace.

Corey Mandell is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter who has written projects for Ridley Scott, Wolfgang Petersen, Harrison Ford, Meg Ryan, Julia Roberts, John Travolta, Warner Brothers, Universal, 20th Century Fox, Fox 2000, Fox Family, Working Title, Paramount, Live Planet, Beacon Films, Touchstone, Trilogy, Radiant, Kopelson Entertainment and Walt Disney Pictures.

Corey's students and clients have gone on to sell original scripts and pitches to Warner Brothers, Paramount, Sony Pictures, Disney, Fox, MGM, A24, Nickelodeon, Universal, Showtime, NBC, AMC, MTV, Amazon, FX, Hulu, Netflix and HBO.

Others have been staffed on such shows as Stranger Things, Orange Is the New Black, Community, Big Little Lies, This is Us, The Walking Dead, Marvel’s Agents of Shield, You’re the Worst, Pretty Little Liars, Mozart in the Jungle, The Mentalist, BoJack Horseman, Justified, The Blacklist, Jane the Virgin, Schitt’s Creek, The Leftovers, Mr. Robot and Succession.

Time Stamps:
Introduction: 0:00
Why People Write Spec Scripts: 5:33
The Sad Reality of Writing Original Material: 7:38
Writing the Wrong Scripts & The Ability to Write the “Right” Ones: 9:53
Breaking it Down 1: Formula and Paradigm Scripts: 11:21
Breaking it Down 2: Imitative/ “X With a Twist” Scripts: 12:25
Breaking it Down 3: “Pitch Perfect” Authentic/Original : 14:36
The Spec Writer’s Objectives: 17:07
Comfort Food: Where the Industry Was: 18:01
The Arms Race: Where the Industry Is: 25:15
Conceptual Writers vs Intuitive Writers: 31:35
Creative Integration & Disintegration: 37:18
How to Write a Pitch Perfect Original Script: 41:06
Workshop Resources: 58:22 Q&A: What Is an Engine: 1:03:30
Q&A: Does the Industry Look for Lower Budget Scripts: 1:07:00
Q&A: How to Get Scripts Out There As an Unknown: 1:10:52
Q&A: Heightened Concepts vs Normal Concepts: 1:18:27
Q&A: Writing For a Regular Series vs A Limited Series: 1:19:19
Final Thoughts: 1:30:23