I wrote a pilot television script called “Shambles” a while ago for a previous course.  It is a story about a young guy named Danny who lives in a youth residential home.  He strives to escape welfare dependency and to pursue his dream of becoming a professional footballer.  In the past I have worked as a youth worker at a residential home.  The young people were in the home due to being taken from their parents by the Department of Human Services.  This experience gave me plenty of interesting stories to put on paper and I thought it was a unique insight into a world that hasn’t really been explored on television before.  The format is one hour long and at the moment the season consists of ten episodes.

Recently I received an email from RMITV stating that there is a workshop happening called RMITV Genesis and that they were looking for writers with a television concept to join the workshop.  The workshop includes working with experienced producers to refine the idea and analyse the script.  There are only two places in the workshop so I thought I might as well pitch my concept and see if I get any interest.  Lucky for me I have received confirmation for a place in the workshop and am looking forward to being a part of this process.  Hopefully I can develop more professional contacts from this experience and help enhance my writing skills as well.