Writing Your Animated Pilot

This eight week intensive course walks you through the process of writing your original animated pilot, from concept to completed script. Bill covers everything from the fundamentals of TV storytelling to utilizing the full potential of animation in your writing. This includes helping you develop a personal connection to your idea while crafting it into something universal that could sustain a series. Bill also offers a practical breakdown of what a TV animation writing job entails, and how to become an indispensable team player inside the writers’ room once you land that first staff job.

Bundle includes eight one-hour lectures. Each lecture is followed by a pre-recorded half-hour Q&A.

Bill Wolkoff is a writer/producer who has written for many of your favorite genre franchises, both in animation and live action. He developed, executive produced, and served as co-showrunner (alongside Rad) for Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (Netflix). Before that, he worked on Once Upon A Time (ABC), Star Wars: Rebels (Disney XD), Tron: Uprising (Disney XD), and GI Joe: Renegades (The Hub). He is currently a producer on the upcoming series Man Who Fell To Earth (Showtime) and a supervising producer on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+).