Planning and Structuring a Limited Series with Karen Jeynes

How do you structure a limited TV series? What are the secrets, and pitfalls, of making a story last just the right amount of episodes? We’ll talk cliffhangers and episode openings, the difference between linear and streaming, local and international trends, and different methodologies.

Webinar details

Date: Wednesday, 6 August 2025
Time: 18:00 to 20:00 SAST

Location: Online (Zoom link sent by 12pm, 24 June 2025 – Please add communications@writersguildsa.org to your contact list)

NB: Registration is essential. WGSA members may attend free of charge. We also invite members of our sister organisations Safrea and DFA to attend free of charge. Non-members pay R 75.00.

Meet your Speaker

Karen Jeynes has worked extensively as a writer and director for stage and screen, most recently as the writer, co-director and creative producer of Die Nuusmakers for Kyknet, comedy series The Morning After, and drama series Recipes for Love and Murder, now in production on its second season. Other productions she has developed and overseen with creative partner Thierry Cassuto at Both Worlds are Point of Order, Comedy Central News, and Parlement Parlement, and the documentary Africa and I, as well as working as the head writer for ZANews: Puppet Nation. She is currently busy with her PhD on autistic representation on South African television through the University of Pretoria.