DISCOVER YOUR BREAKTHROUGH TV SERIES IDEA
Does landing your original idea in the first place stand between you and your first.. or next... pilot script? I can help.
I love leading screenwriters to write the script that changes their career, and I created this 5-Day Challenge to help make that process even faster.
It's an original sequence of daily thirty-minute exercises designed to lead you to at least one personal, marketable and funny premise for a comedy TV series that is authentic to you by the Friday.
This is a special mega-edition of the competitive version of the Challenge where I'll be opening it up for five weeks in a row - both the TV and Feature Film version of the Challenge (and yes you can register for both if you'd like to) - and we'll have a group Zoom to choose the Semi-Finalists and then a final Zoom to choose the winners.
Here's how it works...
Once you register, your Challenge will begin the following Monday. From Monday to Friday, I will post a video with instructions every day in our SamCart Courses app for the Challenge and give all the Challengers daily support and additional inspiration in our private Facebook group.
Our next Challenges happen:
October 10 to 14, 2022 EST
October 17 to 21, 2022 EST
October 24 to 28, 2022 EST
October 31 to November 4, 2022 EST
November 7 to November 11, 2022 EST
I'll host a live presentation via Zoom on Saturday, November 12th at 5pm EST (New York City time), where anyone who would like to can present their premises... and everyone else registered in the Challenge is welcome to watch. I will give feedback to all the presenters and then choose a number of semi-finalists in both the film & TV categories.
The following week, on Saturday, November 19th at 5pm EST, the semi-finalists will re-convene to re-present their premises to a panel of judges and I'll announce a TV winner and a feature film winner.
The winners will have their name, photo, city and working title published on social media and also receive free spots in my flagship comedywriting programs: FROM SCHTICK TO SCRIPT Original TV Comedy Pilot Writing Intensive and MAKE 'EM LAUGH FOR 90 MINUTES: The Art of Comedy Feature Filmmaking (each a $497 US value).
But everyone is a winner, because my Challengers get much closer to landing on a premise they love, one they can idea test with me directly and are usually excited to start writing.
Hope you'll join me. Looking forward to inspiring you!
- Daniela Saioni
REVIEWS FOR THE CHALLENGE
I wrote the script that got me representation in L.A. based on the concept I wrote in Daniela's Comedy Feature Film Premise Creation Challenge. Since then, I've done her TV Challenge with more great results. This process really works!
Vanessa E.B. (Screenwriter)
Los Angeles, California
As a new writer I'm always concerned that my last great idea will literally be my "last" great idea. Hence I'm thankful how this challenge gave me repeatable steps which encourage digging into myself, pulling out my next premise that is authentic and personal to me. It's the gift that keeps giving, thanks Daniela!
Keisha P (WE Screenplay Diverse Voices 2022 Grand Prize Winner, Screencraft Comedy 2020 SemiFinalist)
Toronto, ON
The 5 day challenge was a refreshing experience for me, everyday there was a little task which took just the right amount of time from my day and what i liked was that it really allowed me to go inwards and explore things I had overlooked before. It allowed me to connect with myself as a writer. This is what I love about the way Daniela teaches writing. She helps you get to a place which is raw and feels very real and writing from there feels right. Of course, winning the challenge at the end was a very pleasant surprise and the amount of confidence it gave me was also something i really liked about it.
Sandeep Chahal (Winner, 5-Day Personal TV Sitcom Premise Creation Challenge 2020)
Toronto, ON
(After completing the 5-Day Comedy Feature Film Premise Creation Challenge) I'm excited to write this and am starting to see a ton of possibilities and the story's almost telling itself, which never happens! It's always like pulling teeth, hahaha.
Nikhil Kamkolkar (Filmmaker)
New Jersey, USA
I was unable to get back to writing for many weeks. I started working on the challenge and it was so exciting, it kicked me out of my funk and I felt inspired, as I always do with Daniela's courses. The challenge kept me going and every day the tasks were quite intriguing and required a lot of self-reflection. It was such an enjoyable process, and it opened up many stories in my mind. The tasks are the perfect length and allow for time to sit with the concepts and let the process take over. Quite a fun, tough, and inspiring process!
Reem Morsi (Filmmaker, Telefilm Canada Talent to Watch)
Toronto, Canada
A BIT ABOUT DANIELA...
Daniela Saioni is a multi-award-winning, Top 1% Red List comedy screenwriter and punch-up artist whose former stand-up has been described as "smart and subversive".
Her passion for comedy and filmmaking led her to start training and coaching comedians and laypeople alike in the art of comedy screenwriting in 2012. Her highly personalized methodology and the ongoing successes of her students have led her to become an in-demand Script Consultant.
She has taught and mentored at the Pacific Screenwriting Program, PEI Screenwriter's Bootcamp, Reelworld E20 and the Female Eye Film Festival, among others.
A veteran script supervisor on major motion pictures and TV series (Shazam!, A Simple Favor, Suits, My Big Fat Greek Wedding), her talents are varied but her mission is singular: change the world, one laugh at a time.
If you are not completely satisfied that the Challenge process is working for you, please contact me at mondocinema@gmail.com before Day 3 of the Challenge to get your full payment refunded!