Screenwriting Dynamics   

Weekend workshop format

I love movies and have some good ideas. How do I write a screenplay that has a chance of being produced?

For those interested in the art, craft, and business of writing screenplays that meet industry standards, even the first time out.

Purpose:  To develop and shape your screenplay into a work that achieves your vision and can be marketed and produced.  We’ll also discuss the state of studio production, independent filmmaking, the screenplay market and the best steps to advance your script in this competitive environment.

You will learn: 

• Appropriate formatting and writing practices to maximize industry and script readers’ attention; 

• The requisite elements for the successful screenplay; complex characterization, playable action, narrative development, and intensifying drama;

• Techniques used and articulated by successful screenwriters and how to apply them to your particular work;

• How to effectively revise your work, through skillful editing, layering scenes, tracking, combining, and paying off characters, writing against cliché, raising the stakes, and sharpening your dramatic action points, climax, and resolution;

• What to expect from a script consultant.

Some Hard Truths:

The worth of a screenplay rests entirely upon someone's willingness to buy it or produce it. There's little intrinsic value, so if you write a screenplay, write one that will win allies and stand its best chance of being made into a film.