This session format is available only to writers in our Top Tier Program.
Exec will read the first 15 pages of your script and conduct a 20-min. general meeting with you via Zoom.
Why you? Why now? I had these questions etched into my brain as a young writer and developer. Within the first few minutes of the pitch, I want to know why you want to write this and/or why you're the right person to write this. And I want to know why this is a story that needs to be told right now. In other words, what themes are you exploring that makes your piece feel of-the-moment.
Cable & Streaming Relationship Comedies or Dramas, Intellectual Prestige Dramas and Half-Hour Hard Funny Workplace Comedies.
Horror.
Riley currently works as a freelance writer. Previously, he worked at Lionsgate in Television Development covering a slate of close to 80 projects at all stages of the development process. He's been in the entertainment industry for nearly 10 years working in varies capacities all over the industry at major companies like ABC and Universal and for top creatives like Steve Carell, Ivan Reitman and Lee Eisenberg. He's also spent time in writers' rooms, co-writing an episode of the ABC comedy, THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT. Riley received a Master of Fine Arts from Loyola Marymount where he studied Writing and Producing for Television. The program trained him to read his classmates' scripts critically and provide feedback in a writer-friendly matter.
After registering, your confirmation email will contain a link that says "CLICK HERE FOR INSTRUCTIONS" that will take you to a form where you will submit your material within 24 hours of registering.