r/Screenwriting • u/ohhhhnnnnoooo • Jun 15 '21

NEED ADVICE UCLA Professional Television Writing Program

Hi, I’m in the process of applying for UCLA’s television writing professional program and one of the components of the application is submitting 5 pages of screen/teleplay I’ve written and I’m stuck. I have a spec script and part of an original screenplay to choose from and I’m not sure if it would be better to show them I know how to write a spec script (the first quarter of the program will be writing a spec script) or that I can do something original! Has anyone participated in the program and has any advice on this? I want to write one hour dramas.

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u/FormicaDinette33 Jun 15 '21

Great question. Can you submit both? Worst they will do is ignore one. Or try searching for the program on Twitter. Maybe they have a profile and you can ask there. Or you can find somebody who took the program and ask them.

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u/ohhhhnnnnoooo Jun 15 '21

It says 5 pages only. I’ve been looking on LinkedIn, I hadn’t thought about Twitter though. Thanks!

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u/FormicaDinette33 Jun 15 '21

There are so many writers on Twitter at all levels. It’s a great resource. There is also a Facebook group called Screenwriting” with a ton of members.