Event Details
Monday
March 2, 2026 5:00 pm
via Zoom
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What’s the Worst That Could Happen?
Professional writers know things could always, always, ALWAYS be worse. In fact, that’s the only way to truly keep the reader glued to your words until “The End.”
Through eye-opening brainstorming exercises and critical workshopping, you’ll learn to send your characters deeper into the abyss than you ever thought possible, then get them out safely on the other side…or will you?
About Your Instructor
Timothy Michael Cooper is an award-winning filmmaker, comedy writer, and script consultant. He wrote and directed the Writers Guild Award–nominated Concierge: The Series, starring Kate McKinnon. His short comedy Lemon premiered at Tribeca, played at dozens of international festivals, and was purchased by Amazon and United Airlines. As a longtime member of the writers’ room for the Writers Guild Awards, he’s written monologue jokes and sketches for countless hosts and presenters.
He’s the writer-director of the short sci-fi comedy Knead, which continues to win awards at festivals around the country and the world, including Croatia, Japan, Mexico, and Spain. Plus, he’s the creator of 365 Short Stories, where he published a new high-concept short story every single day for a year.
Through his company, Blueprint Screenwriting Group, he’s coached hundreds of screenwriters, playwrights, and novelists to complete their projects and make them truly undeniable. His clients have won Emmys, Golden Globes, and Writers Guild Awards; sold their scripts to major studios; staffed on multiple networks, streaming, and cable shows; screened/won at SXSW, Sundance, Tribeca, and Cannes; and had their movies and shows made across the globe.
Timothy is a proud member of the WGAE, the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective, the Hollywood Radio & Television Society, and the WGAE Softball Team.
About The Fundamentals of Screenwriting Series
The Fundamentals of Screenwriting with Timothy Michael Cooper is a WGA East seminar series that aims to live up to its name – to teach the fundamentals to screenwriters who need a refresher, and to journalists and other screenwriting novices looking to learn for the first time.
Watch the previous installments of the Fundamentals of Screenwriting series here.
