Hollywood 101: Screenwriting Do’s, Don’ts, & Why’s

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This one day workshop will “demystify the screenwriting process” and help save you from a lot of rejection, headaches, and painful rewrites.

 

TIME: Total of 4 hours (1 – 4 sessions)

The screenwriter writes “Fade Out. The end.” But that’s only the beginning! Survey the landscape of the film industry through the lens of “The Life of a Screenplay”. Many screenwriters have good ideas for movies, but cannot move producers to make them realities. Many screenwriters write and rewrite, forgetting their first audience: the Reader. Knowing what directors, producers, and financiers are looking for in a screenplay can demystify the screenwriting process and save a lot of rejection, headaches, and painful rewrites. This workshop is designed for the novice looking for advice, the aspiring screenwriter looking for direction, or the experienced writer or producer looking to network and review skills.

Students will learn:

  • Story Essentials
  • Cinematic Storytelling and Structure
  • Introduction to Character Creation
  • Common Formatting Pitfalls
  • The Screenwriter and the Production Cycle
  • Hollywood and the Screenwriter
  • What Agents and Managers can Do for You (and What They Can’t)
  • The Worth of a Graphic Novel