About the workshop

Do you have an idea for a Television / Web Series which you would like to pitch to producers/platforms? Are you an aspiring writer willing to kick start your career as a screenwriter for series? Do you have confusion about the series bible and its contents? Are you an experienced writer willing to develop your best series bible? Cryptic Crossword is offering an interactive workshop for all of the above writers.

Series pitch forms the starting point of the series making process. Making your pitch stand out to producers is essential. This online workshop will help you understand the techniques of developing a professional series pitch and the process from pitching to working in the writers' room.

Topics will include:

1) SERIES BIBLE / DOCUMENT -

• What are the ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS of a SERIES BIBLE? 
• What are the VARIOUS TECHNIQUES for DEVELOPING these elements?

2) THE PITCHING PROCESS -  

• How does the PITCHING PROCESS work?
• What is the RIGHT WAY to APPROACH the pitching process?
• What are the VARIOUS STAGES in the pitching process?

3) WHAT IS A WRITERS ROOM -

• What is a WRITERS ROOM?
• How does it WORK?

4) SAMPLE BIBLES, FOLLOWED BY INTERACTIVE SESSION - 

• We’ll show some SAMPLE BIBLES.
• Participants will ask their questions and doubts.

Where could this course take you?

The course is a must for aspiring series writers and for more experienced writers who wish to sort out their confusion regarding the process and raise their pitching work to a professional level. It will establish a common vocabulary for approaching the bible and further process. By the end of the course, you will understand the key concepts necessary to write an effective series bible/document and the whole pitching process for a Web Show/Series. 

About the instructor

Omkar has been working as a writer and director for 7 years. He graduated with a Master of Arts in Scriptwriting from the prestigious University of East Anglia, Norwich, the United Kingdom in 2018. He received an 'International Excellence Scholarship' from the university and became one of the three students to graduate with a distinction. From working as an Assistant Director on 4 feature films, directing short fiction films and web commercials to writing feature films and series for OTT platforms, his diverse experience makes him an adaptable writer and director with a profound knowledge of various storytelling formats. A courtroom drama limited series Written by him has been commissioned by a popular web platform. Currently, he is working as a Series Creator and Head-writer developing an Eight-part investigative thriller series with a popular production company in Mumbai. Also, he is working as a Co-writer on a sci-fi thriller series recently acquired by a well-known production company. Apart from that, he has written 2 feature films and 3 short fiction films.