Creating pathways to careers in television for under- represented writers

Participants learn about the television business from internal executives, attend master classes on storytelling and collaborative creative writing with showrunners, as well as other established special guests.

OUR PROGRAMS

Warner Bros. Discovery Access Writers Program

The 2024 Warner Bros. Discovery Access Writers Program provides historically excluded writers a pathway into the episodic television writing space. Selected writers will undergo an extensive creative and business curriculum before being put up for staffing opportunities across the WBD enterprise.

PROGRAM CRITERIA

Applicants are eligible to apply if they've staffed on one or zero seasons of US network or streaming television shows. All applicants must submit 2 original scripts. These two samples must be in the same genre (e.g. two drama scripts, two comedy scripts) and must be between 30 and 65 pages in length. The program is open to all those who are 18 years or older, live in the United States and have the right to work in the United States. Please note: this program is primarily virtual, but those who get staffed on television shows may need to relocate to undergo these WGA jobs in person.

PROGRAM TIMELINE

Finalists will interview in February/March 2024. All applicants will receive a status update by mid March 2024. Selected participants will need to be available to come to Los Angeles for an in-person bootcamp week in spring 2024, as well as attend weekly virtual curriculum throughout the program, which will run from March 2024 into through May/June 2024.

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