Writing For TV Intensive – 2026

The Opportunity

Ready to strengthen your TV concept and sharpen your storytelling skills?

Screenworks’ two-day, in-person Writing For TV Intensive with acclaimed screenwriter, script producer and script editor Jane Allen is designed to help you harness the core fundamentals of writing for television – and apply them directly to your own project.

Begin with a live online session to identify the key principles, refine your concept ahead of the workshop, and then dive into hands-on sessions where you’ll pitch your project and receive constructive feedback. 

Ideal for emerging and early-career writers, Screenworks’ Writing for TV Intensive is your opportunity to elevate your craft and confidence as a TV writer and expand your network.

Apply now!

How It Works

Online Lecture (Zoom)
Before the workshop, Jane will guide selected participants through the key principles of television writing – from concept clarity and character development, to story structure and series sustainability. You’ll leave with a clear framework to assess and strengthen your project.

Refine Your Concept
Using the insights from the online session, participants have the opportunity to revise and sharpen their ideas before attending the in-person intensive, ensuring you arrive ready to take a deep dive. 

Two-Day In-Person Workshop
Across two focused days, Jane will explore the essentials of TV storytelling. You’ll have the chance to:

• Examine the building blocks of compelling television
• Workshop story elements in a collaborative setting
• Pitch your project to the group and receive practical feedback
• Apply the principles you’ve gained directly to your own concept

Who It’s For

The Intensive is ideal for emerging and early-career writers (based in regional NSW) developing an original TV concept who want to:

• Strengthen their series engine
• Clarify their creative vision
• Build confidence in pitching
• Receive high-level story feedback
• Deepen their understanding of television craft

Key Information

Thursday 7th & Friday 8th May, 2026
Ramada Hotel, Ballina, NSW
9:00am–5:00pm each day
Cost: $330 inc GST (includes catering)

• Applications open Tuesday, 3rd March, 2026
• Applications close 10am, Tuesday 7th April, 2026 
• Successful applicants will be notified by Tuesday 21st, April, 2026
• Ten places will be selectively allocated. 
• The 2 x day intensive workshop will take place in Ballina, NSW on Thursday 7th and Friday 8th May. Participants will be required to book and pay for their own travel/accommodation. 
• Successful participants will be required to sign an NDA to ensure confidentiality of all concepts.
• Successful participants must be prepared to present their story synopsis at the workshop.
• The cost to selected applicants is $330 inc GST (includes catering).
• After assessing the revised materials that have been developed through this workshop, the guest tutor and assessors will award one participant with a ticket to Screenworks Regional to Global conference in Lennox Head (date TBC) and guarantee a 1:1 meeting with one relevant guest speaker.

What Do I Need To Apply?

• Applicants must be current Screenworks members.
• Applications are open to writers living in regional NSW. Definitions of regional areas can be found here.
• Applicants must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident.
• Required application materials include:
  • 3-5 pages of script (a completed draft is not necessary, but sample pages must be an excerpt from the concept you are applying with)
  • Short personal bio (1/2 page max)
  • Document summarizing your original concept, including:
    • Title
    • Logline
    • Genre
    • Brief series overview, including plot, world, and tone (1 page max)
    • Brief summary of theme and your personal connection to project (1/2 page max) 
    • Brief main character(s) descriptions (4-5 sentences per character max)

*Please do not exceed specified page lengths.