Fundamentals of Screenwriting, Part 25

The twenty-fifth installment of the Fundamentals of Screenwriting Series with Timothy Michael Cooper

Event Details

Monday October 4, 2021 5:00 pm

via Zoom

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Twenty Harsh Truths

Some of the topics and techniques we’ll cover include: 

  • The #1 difference between in-demand writers and those who never quite make it
  • How to identify and target your most likely path to success
  • The moment 99% of scripts fail, but yours doesn’t have to
  • Excuses amateur writers tell themselves, yet pros never do
  • 10 blunt reasons why your script isn’t selling
  • What agents SAY they’re interested in vs. what ACTUALLY
    excites them
  • 5 genres that tip the scales in your favor, and 5 that rarely sell

…and a whole lot more. I hope to see you there!


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 on United Airlines, and is currently in development as a sitcom. Plus, he’s been part of the writers’ room for the Writers Guild Awards for the past six years, writing monologue jokes and sketches for numerous hosts/presenters.

Through his company, Blueprint Screenwriting Group, he’s taught hundreds of writers. His clients and students have sold their scripts to major studios; staffed on multiple network and cable TV shows; screened/won at SXSW, Sundance, Tribeca, Cannes, etc.; and got their movies and shows made across the globe.

Timothy is a proud member of the WGAE, the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective Writers’ Workshop, 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 for screenwriters that need a refresher or journalists and other screenwriting novices looking to learn for the first time.

Watch the previous installments of the Fundamentals of Screenwriting series here.

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