Summary
An Exclusive On-Demand Webinar!
Learn directly from the Emmy-nominated writers of THE HANDMAID'S TALE
PLUS! Get a free download of the series pilot script
Your project is only as good as the characters in it.
Character drives everything in television. They’re the reason shows can last for dozens and sometimes hundreds of episodes, as audiences fall in love with these compelling lead characters and crave seeing their evolution. A gripping character’s most memorable moments will be felt by the audience as if they’re living it themselves.
Now it's time for you to learn how to craft compelling characters that will leap off the page and into your audience's hearts.
In our continued commitment to bringing you world-class education, we're bringing in the Emmy-nominated writers of THE HANDMAID'S TALE, Nina Fiore and John Herrara. In this exclusive webinar, they will take you behind the scenes of how professionals develop characters at the highest level, as well as go over case studies of hit shows and give you tools you can use when crafting your own characters.
PLUS! Everyone who registers will get a copy of the THE HANDMAID'S TALE pilot script!
This is a webinar you do NOT want to miss.
Praise for Nina and John's Stage 32 Teaching:
"Nina and John are fantastic. Not only as writers on one of my favorite shows ever, but as educators. I really learned so much from them. Thank you." -- Martina M.
"It's easy to see why these two are Emmy-nominated!" -- Morgan L.
"Wow. I'm blown away by the quality of teaching with this one. Some of the best educators on Stage 32." -- Rishi L.
What You'll Learn
Character Case Studies
- Characters from THE HANDMAID'S TALE
- Classic memorable TV characters
Using Character Case Studies, we will analyze:
- What does it mean for a character to be compelling?
- How to define a character not just with their dialogue and appearance but with their choices.
- To veer from tradition and let your story dictate your characters instead of the other way around.
- Examples of how the best characters are faced with the worst choices.
- Empathy vs. sympathy and how the best characters invoke both feelings from your audience
- How to utilize character flaws to invoke empathy and sympathy from your audience
- How likability of your character irrelevant
- How to apply character development to your own writing - tips, tools & techniques.
Q&A with Nina and John
Who Should Attend
All levels of filmmakers (advanced, intermediate and beginner) looking to developing their original stories and maintaining audience engagement can benefit from this class.
All levels of showrunners (advanced, intermediate and beginner) looking to learn how to sustain tension and stakes over multiple episodes and seasons.
All levels of screenwriters (advanced, intermediate and beginner) looking to enhance their storytelling skills and create compelling narratives with high stakes would benefit from attending the class.
Producers who want to learn from the Emmy-nominated writers' approach to storytelling and audience engagement.
Actors who want to study the success for the Emmy-nominated approach to storytelling.
Executive
Nina Fiore is an Emmy-nominated writer and producer on Hulu’s THE HANDMAID'S TALE where she collaborates with writing partner, John Herrera. After The Handmaid’s Tale, Nina and John wrote on BLOOM, a new show for Netflix that will be coming soon. She and John have also worked on USA’s THE PURGE, Syfy’s NIGHTFLYERS, BLOOD DRIVE, ALPHAS, and EUREKA. Additionally, Nina and John have sold their pilots PLAYERS and DANTE'S INFERNO (the latter co-written with Ethan Reiff & Cyrus Voris) to CW and Freeform, respectively, and an adaptation of Melissa Lenhardt’s genre-bending, feminist western novel, HERSEY, with MGM. Nina also co-wrote the movie NANCY DREW and THE HIDDEN STAIRCASE for Warner Brothers and is currently adapting a true-life feature story about the latter days of the Bosnian-Serb conflict of the 1990’s. Before becoming a TV writer, Nina was a script coordinator and writer’s assistant on EUREKA, SLEEPER CELL, THE L WORD. Born in the Bronx to a Puerto Rican mother and a Sicilian father, Nina spent most of her formative years surrounded by an excess of personality.
John Herrera is an Emmy-nominated writer and producer on Hulu’s THE HANDMAID'S TALE where he collaborates with writing partner, Nina Fiore. After The Handmaid’s Tale, John and Nina wrote on BLOOM, a new show for Netflix that will be coming soon, and they have also worked together on USA’s THE PURGE, Syfy’s NIGHTFLYERS, BLOOD DRIVE, ALPHAS, and EUREKA. Additionally, they have sold their pilots PLAYERS and DANTE'S INFERNO (the latter co-written with Ethan Reiff & Cyrus Voris) to CW and Freeform, respectively, and an adaptation of Melissa Lenhardt’s genre-bending, feminist western novel, HERESY, with MGM. John also co-wrote the movie NANCY DREW and THE HIDDEN STAIRCASE for Warner Brothers and is currently adapting a true-life feature story about the latter days of the Bosnian-Serb conflict of the 1990’s. Before becoming a TV writer, John was a script coordinator on EUREKA, CALIFORNICATION, and SLEEPER CELL.
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