The Secret Structure of Episodic Television

All sessions will be recorded and available in your Student Portal an hour or two after the class ends. Students can download the class and save it for later viewing. The learning never ends!

We will meet once a week on Wednesdays at 12pm Pacific. While the first class will likely run somewhere between 2-3 hours, subsequent classes will only run about an hour in length.

Besides showing up for the class, the only other requirement is finding time to watch the episode for the week. This should not be too difficult as Succession (at least the first season) is amazing. You might find it difficult to NOT watch the entire thing all at once!

We'll be using Subtxt (an app we built to help writers tell meaningful stories) to help guide us through our individual analyses. Students are invited to subscribe to Subtxt with a discount upon enrollment.

Can you think of a better way? 😊

After 15 years of teaching story development to amateurs and professionals alike, I've found the very best way to learn structure is to experience it. Besides, if nothing else, you'll get to watch one of the best shows on television.

(And at the very least, you'll learn why Kendall is such an ass 🤣)

Clearly.

But you'll note that the last session covers different series from other Genres. Succession just happens to be the very best example of how story structure works within story structure.

In the last session, we compare & contrast how other series do it to help give you ideas of how to approach your own series.