With details of upcoming courses, here are the latest Screenwriters University newsletters:
Our courses will
help get you to the finish line 🏁
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Whether you're completely new to writing
screenplays or you're an experienced screenwriter looking to add a new skill,
Screenwriters University has courses for you. Our award-winning instructors
will guide you through the entire screenwriting process from Fade In to Fade
Out, while also sharing insider info on navigating Hollywood. Click
here to view course schedule >>
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Courses Starting
This Week:
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Introduction
to Playwriting
Instructor: Jonathan
Dorf
This course offers clear, step-by-step guidance in the basics of playwriting;
character, conflict and structure, setting, dialogue and formatting. No
matter your skill level, this course is designed to help you learn the basics
of writing for the stage.
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Mastering
the Conventions of Horror Writing
Instructor: Neal
Stevens
Intelligently written horror costs very little to make, crosses language
barriers, and consistently makes money. If you are looking to develop horror
script with genuinely shocking plot twists than this is the course for you.
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Story
Development and Outlining
Instructor: George
Yanok
You'll learn how to take your screenplay from the early stages of building
idea into a full story to structuring the story. In online lectures,
supplemental readings, and written assignments and exercises, you'll examine
and consider your plot, characters, genre(s), and more. This course is
perfect for beginners starting to plan their story.
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Writing
the Sci-Fi Fantasy Screenplay
Instructor: Neal
Stevens
Writing the science fiction/fantasy screenplay requires creating a world and
its population in which the reader will curiously and excitedly take the leap
of faith with the writer. Make your audience take that leap with you!
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Write
Your Drama Pilot in Six Weeks
Instructor: William
Rabkin
In this workshop, you will learn the tools professional screenwriters use to
finish high-quality scripts under deadlines. By the end of this workshop, you
will have completed and received professional feedback on a completed script
for your drama pilot.
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F+W, 10151
Carver Road, Suite 300, Blue Ash, OH, 45242 USA
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"I recommend it
to anyone who is serious about becoming a better screenwriter." -JM
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The most intelligent
and intriguing premise in the world is only that—just a premise—until it’s
been given a shape that draws an audience in and keeps its attention and
investment. Until it’s given a protagonist through which the audience
understands the premise in concrete terms, and feels the clearly-defined
stakes, someone with whom they can identify and for whom they can cheer. In
other words, until the premise has become a story.
This course will examine plotting a screenplay from premise to story. You'll
learn how to take your screenplay from the early stages of building idea into
a full story to structuring the story to keep tension and investment high in
the audience to considering how to build not only structure but texture in
the world of your film—how to build an experience of the world, what the
events and the world of the story mean for characters and audience alike, not
just building up point-by-point plot.
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How a protagonist is driven by both
external and internal motivations
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How to use—and go beyond—3-Act structure
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How a writer builds not just structure but
the texture of story and world
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The importance of making unexpected
moves…to keep the writer surprised and invested as much as the audience
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How the scene is the essential unit of
film storytelling, and how each scene contains its own arc
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Writers wanting to get from initial
concept to full story in just four weeks
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Writers who want to understand how primary
and secondary genres suggest structure and arc
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Provide tools for writers to ratchet up
tension and re-raise stakes throughout a screenplay
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"The resource
materials were very intuitive & refreshing." -UO
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"A great
course and a great lecturer and loved the feedback. Very helpful!" -GJ
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Thursday, August 23 - September 20, 2018
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$199.99
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Instructor:
George Yanok
George Yanok has written for television
variety series, situation comedies, hour dramas and motion pictures.
Nominated numerous times, he has won two EMMY’s and the Writer’s Guild of
America Award.
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Additional Courses Starting August 23:
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EXPERT INSTRUCTORS | CONVENIENT ACCESS
INVALUABLE FEEDBACK
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F+W, 10151
Carver Road, Suite 300, Blue Ash, OH, 45242 USA
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Start your spec
script as early as tomorrow!
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In this workshop, writers will learn all the
key elements to a successful “episodic spec,” and will receive ongoing
instructor guidance in building their own—from basic idea through finished
outline. It begins with knowing how to choose the right kind of show to spec,
then understanding which elements to study, in order to really grasp how a
typical episode functions well enough to write one. Students will then learn
the elements of great story ideas for a spec, and be given a chance to pitch
and re-pitch multiple ideas for their episode, before finally settling on one
to write. At that point, they will begin “breaking story” (figuring out the
key “beats” of each “act”) over several weeks, getting instructor feedback
along the way. Finally, they will be guided in crafting a scene-by-scene
outline, from which they could then go on to write the actual script. .
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How to find the best current series to
represent your creative talents
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The key elements of TV story structure
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How the TV business works for writers
trying to break in
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How to bypass the key mistakes aspiring TV
writers make in their specs
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Writers looking for professional-level
feedabck on their stories and scene ideas
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Aspiring television writers looking to
build their portfolio
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Film writers who are interested in
learning about TV writing
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"I never have
the time to take courses. But [Screenwriters University] changed all
that... Finally, classes I can take when I want to take them!" -Rickie Soloman
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Thursday, August 9 - September 27, 2018
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$399.99
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Instructor:
Susan Kouguell
Susan Kouguell, award-winning screenwriter,
filmmaker and is the author of Savvy
Characters Sell Screenplays! She works with over 1,000 writers,
filmmakers, executives, and studios worldwide.
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Additional Courses Starting August 9:
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EXPERT INSTRUCTORS | CONVENIENT ACCESS
INVALUABLE FEEDBACK
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F+W, 10151
Carver Road, Suite 300, Blue Ash, OH, 45242 USA
Step-by-Step Video
Instruction ▶
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Have an amazing idea
for a movie, but don’t know how to begin writing it? Get your screenplay on
the track to success with the Fundamentals of Screenwriting online course.
This four-week class is the perfect introduction to the fantastic world of
writing a script, from the fundamentals of the story down to the revision
process. In this course, you will gain the tools to structure your scenes,
your acts, and your plots.
At each step, you will receive comprehensive feedback on assignments targeted
to develop the skills needs to thrive as a screenwriting.
Geared for the writer on a tight schedule, the Fundamentals of Screenwriting
will have you well on your way to a screenplay in just four short weeks.
The lessons in this course
include video instruction.
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The structure of a screenplay and how to
advance your story
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Formatting techniques that can draw
attention to your writing
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Why and how to use subplots in your story
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The three types of conflict & how to
use them to create and sustain your story’s momentum from Act One to Act
Three
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When to rewrite and what your final draft
should have
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Writers interested in creating a
screenplay.
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Writers who want to learn the basic
elements of a screenplay
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Writers looking for guidance in
formatting, storytelling, and rewriting
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"Was really
impressed with the quality of the lecture material and assignments." -JY
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"I was very
impressed with the quality of the lecture materials and assignments." -RJ
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August 9 - September 6, 2018
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$149.49
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Instructor:
Susan Kouguell
Susan Kouguell, award-winning screenwriter
and filmmaker, is the author of Savvy Characters Sell Screenplays! She works
with over 1,000 writers, filmmakers, executives, and studios worldwide.
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Additional Courses Starting August 9
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EXPERT INSTRUCTORS | CONVENIENT ACCESS
INVALUABLE FEEDBACK
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F+W, 10151
Carver Road, Suite 300, Blue Ash, OH, 45242 USA
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