TV Scriptwriting
TV Scriptwriting
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TV Drama Pilot
TV Drama Pilot
Log Line
Log Line
When a high achieving college professor stuck between self-doubt and self-mastery ends up unexpectedly pregnant and must deal with the financial blow of her promotion and raise being rescinded, she struggles to navigate the political snake pit that undermine her efforts to achieve power, sanity and tenure in the sordid underbelly of the Ivory Tower before her promotion clock runs out.
Amazon Studios Fellowship Externship 2021-2022
Amazon Studios Fellowship Externship 2021-2022
During my three years as a participant int the faculty fellowship for the Amazon studios Howard Entertainment program I was fortunate to be placed in two summer long externships with Amazon Studios and other program partners. During summer 2021 I worked in the Drama Development department at Amazon Studios. Among my duties I was responsidble for reviewing scripts of shows in production and sharing feedback for notes consideration for the writing team. My exposure to the inner workings of the development process was eye opening and I was able to incorporate what she learned about the development process into my own writing and share industry best practices with my Howard University students.
I spent summer 2022 working in the newly formed Drama Limited Series Department at Amazon Studios. I was treated as an additional team member and attended pitch meetings, read scripts to provide development notes and shared feedback on potential shows along with other members of the Drama team. This too was quite a fruitful experience!
Thank you from my direct report in Drama Series Development in 2021!
Thank you from my direct report in Drama Series Development in 2021!
TV Scriptwriting Consultant
TV Scriptwriting Consultant
Over the course of one year, I served as dramaturge and writing coach for playwright/TV Writer Nichole Thompson Adams. Thompson-Adams adapted her original play, Black Girl You've Been Gentrified, for her Television pilot Dramadey Series of the same name. The work was methodical, emotional and gratifying.
In February of 2023 the piece hit another milestone when it was produced by Epoch Films as a podcast TV pilot airing on New York Public Radio.
The reading was directed by theatre director, Zhailon Levingston and the discussion was moderated by Michaela Angela Davis. Click the link to check it out and get your laugh on!
TV Scriptwriting Intensive
TV Scriptwriting Intensive
Summer 2023, in collaboration with Amazon Studios I taught a day long TV Scriptwriting intensive in Stone Mountain Georgia for students in the Def Creative Lab program!
Experience/Education
Experience/Education
EXPERIENCE/ACCOMPLISHMENTS
EXPERIENCE/ACCOMPLISHMENTS
2022 AMAZON STUDIOS: TV Drama Limited Series Development Consultant
2021 AMAZON STUDIOS: TV Drama Development Consultant
2014-19 BLACKADEMICS TV, Scholarly Writing, Presentation & Media Coach
2024 ACADEME - Television Drama pilot (Writer)
2024 ZORA written by Laurence Holder (Director)
2023 EIGHT BALL – full length play (Writer)
2022 Unexpected Stage BIPOC Playwright’s Retreat (Fellowship)
2019 Featured Playwright & Speaker, 30th anniversary of the Penn state African American Read-In, State College PA
2018 STICK FLY written by Lydia Diamond (Director)
Former Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference (Semi-finalist)
Former Bay Area Playwrights Festival (Semi-finalist, top 5%)
Full Vitae HERE
SCRIPTWRITING EDUCATION
SCRIPTWRITING EDUCATION
2023 Advanced TV Drama Pilot Lab, with Ali Griffin Vingiano, writer on AppleTV’s The Morning Show. Classes held through Script Anatomy, Los Angeles CA.
2020 Advanced TV Drama Pilot Lab with Aly Feltes, Writer and Co-Executive Producer of Netflix hit drama series Ozark. Classes held at Script Anatomy, Los Angeles CA.
2020 Structure Writing Lab with Kevin Townsley, writer on Netflix’s Good Times. Classes held at Script Anatomy, Los Angeles CA.
2020 TV Pilot writing with Zach Ayers, writer on BET's American Soul. Classes held through Script Anatomy, Los Angeles CA.
MFA Sarah Lawrence College - Playwriting/Scriptwriting
AMAZON STUDIOS Howard Entertainment Program 2020-2022
AMAZON STUDIOS Howard Entertainment Program 2020-2022
Workshop with TV writer Zach Ayers
Opening Reception on Studio backlot
Workshop with TV writer Mark Seabrooks
Amazon Studios LA
HOWARD ENTERTAINMENT Student Testimonial
Maya Hunter, cohort 2022
The Howard Entertainment Program has opened doors for me in many ways as a multi-faceted artist. It has revealed to me my newfound interest in writing while sharpening my creativity and ability to analyze text and story, both skills that has been beneficial to my studies as a Musical Theatre major. My classes in the spring semester has challenged my perspective and thought, building my confidence in my voice and all that I have to contribute to the industry. This summer, I had the unique opportunity to intern with Scrap Paper Pictures founded by actress Rachel Brosnahan where I learned the mechanics of developing content in a small, intimate setting. Between the exposure and valuable connections I have made, it is because of this program that I have grown as an actor, writer, and collaborator. I am so excited to take on the industry with full force following my time at Howard.
HOWARD ENTERTAINMENT Student Testimonial
Nirlash Karki, cohort 2022
The internship experience at Amazon Studios this summer was a wonderful experience. As a TV Drama Intern, I was able to practice all the skills I acquired from my classes related to playwriting, analysis, and screenwriting. It was humbling to see all the work that goes into developing a TV show and how a perfect nexus of creativity and market needs guides what is produced. I had a wonderful mentor and manager who helped me navigate the experience without any hijinks. It was an experience I would cherish for a long time.
I would also like to thank you for always providing love and guidance to us Howard students.
HOWARD ENTERTAINMENT Student Testimonial
Ahdis Beruk, cohort 2022
Your presence was so inspiring and necessary for my progression through the program as you've provided and continue to provide both personal, academic, and professional support to my peers and myself.
I most appreciated and admired your development of the spring Black Aesthetics course that charged my peers and I to look beyond established entertainment industry functions and societal norms, and identify how we'd like to contribute to better the industry for ourselves and marginalized populations. Your course helped to build my confidence to enter professional spaces such as my summer internship and identify ways in which I could be an asset and be innovative, while recognizing that I already embody those qualities. Your attention and care to arming students with a strong academic foundation, skill, and an analyzing mind has been invaluable to me. I now take that approach of entering spaces "as an expert" and striving to be one wherever I go.
You were a voice for myself and the students this summer. You have always been a joy and a voice that challenged students to not only rise to the occasion, but surpass the expectation as you have been a wonderful example of a leader for us to follow.
I express my deepest gratitude for the tremendous impact and assistance you provided to me during my time in the Howard Entertainment Program this year. Thank you for being a gift to us all.
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