This Thursday: Learn to create the viral web series

[Script Magazine]

See how a web series could get you started in filmmaking

Script Online | The Writer's Store | Online Education Last Chance: Build Your Viral Web Series!  June 25 - July 23, 2026 In recent years, the Internet has created space for an entirely new storytelling format: the web series. Cheap to make and easily accessible for viewers, a web series can be the perfect way for you to get started as a filmmaker and be noticed for your talent. All you need is the right set of tools and skills. Although unique in format and distribution, the web series at its core contains the same basic elements that we look for in every type of visual entertainment: memorable characters, satisfying stories, and intriguing conflict. If you can demonstrate your writing talent in a web series, you’ll also be proving your ability to handle larger-scale formats like feature screenplays and television scripts. By the end of the course, you’ll have your pilot in hand — and a plan for where you want to take your series in subsequent episodes. With skills that are applicable not only to this format but to writing any kind of script — and an understanding of how to keep viewers coming back for more — you’ll be well on your way to writing your own viral web series that will stand out from the crowd! Whether you’re interested in comedy or drama, this course will give you the tools you need to get started writing and producing your very own series from the ground up. How to create a unique premise with a striking hook Ways to develop indelible characters How to write powerful dialogue The ideal pacing for your narrative over multiple episodes How to budget your project Ways to stand out in the marketplace Writers who want to develop a web series Writers looking for alternative ways to break in Writers who want to get their work in front of millions on a shoestring budget Creating the Viral Web Series with Rebecca Norris Resnick June 25 - July 23, 2026 Enroll Now! Meet Your Instructor: Rebecca Norris Resnick Rebecca Norris Resnick is a screenwriter, filmmaker, script analyst, instructor for Writer’s Digest University, and columnist for Script Magazine. Distributed features include Cloudy With a Chance of Sunshine (Indie Rights and House Lights Media) and short films On Becoming a Man (Shorts International) and Toasted, which won the Canadian Film Centre’s ShortsNonStop competition. Her web series, Split, won multiple awards at LA WebFest and was nominated for an Indie Series Award.  Active Interest Media 2143 Grand Ave Des Moines, IA 50312 USA View online You received this email because you are subscribed to emails from Script Magazine Update your email preferences to choose the types of emails you receive.