How to Create a TV Series: Part 2 – Brainstorming and Plotting Strategies

Learn writers’ room processes and screen development tools, and how to communicate a series through loglines, synopses, treatments and pitch decks.

About this session

Part 2 looks at how writers’ rooms and screen development tools work across a range of television formats and genres. You will learn to evaluate and apply creative approaches to television script development, including how to communicate a series through short documents: loglines, synopses, treatments and pitch decks.

What you will explore

• How writers’ rooms work
• Screen development tools for a range of television formats and genres
• How to evaluate and apply creative approaches to script development
• How to communicate a series through loglines, synopses, treatments and pitch decks

About the series

How to Create a TV Series is a four-part webinar series that introduces the fundamentals of creating an original TV series, such as narrative drama, docu-drama or dramedy. It takes you from the first idea, through development, to presenting the concept. Along the way, you will learn about the Asia-Pacific TV landscape, including SVOD, and gain international market awareness. Each session focuses on a different topic, so we encourage you to register for each one and join live.

Webinar details

Date: Thursday, 19 November 2026
Time: 2:00 PM (Kuala Lumpur Time)
Platform: Zoom Webinar
Speaker: Dr Pieter (Pia) Aquilia, Discipline Lead, Creative Projects, Masters of Screen Business, AFTRS

Registered participants will receive the webinar access link at least three (3) days before the session.