Getting ready for its fourth edition, the Writers’ Room is one of the MIDPOINT Institute’s programmes targeting writers and producers without a particular project in development whose ambition is to start their career as writers’ room members or showrunners. The program is designed not only to teach specialised writing skills but also to offer practical knowledge about the organisation of a writers’ room, stimulate the creative process and spark new ideas.

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MIDPOINT Writers’ Room offers the experience of Working in an international and diverse writers' room under the supervision of established and successful European/US showrunners and writers. The workshop will take place in Prague from 3-7 October and during these five training days, a series of lectures will be organised, along with the simulation of a writers’ room, including plotting and writing exercises.

More specifically, writers and writing producers will have a chance to enhance their craft and writing skills with plotting and writing exercises and they will acquire knowledge and skills connected to the processes occurring during scripted series writing, such as creative teamwork, joint brainstorming, and creating or following one unified narrative voice and vision as well as the structure of a series episode itself. As for the observing producers, the programme offers an observant role with an opportunity to explore a professional writers’ room led by experienced mentors.

Selected participants are offered lectures tackling the organisation of a writers' room as well as addressing the structure of a pilot episode and season. A majority of the workshop time is dedicated to a writers’ room simulation led by experienced professionals.

The deadline for applications is Monday 1 August, and you can find more information here.