SCRIPT 726.17
Get an overview of the process to adapt existing intellectual property (IP) for film and television.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: September 14, 2024
SCRIPT X 423.2
For advanced writers, this course teaches you to craft a series-ready one hour pilot with vivid characters in a fully realized story world.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: July 18, 2024
SCRIPT X 412.4
Get a guided approach to rewriting your completed script as you assess your draft and identify areas to strengthen and celebrate.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: July 11, 2024
SCRIPT X 423.9
In this fast-paced workshop, you take a pilot from concept to script as you learn about the television industry from guest speakers.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 412.3
Get individualized feedback on your script in progress in this workshop for advanced screenwriting students.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT 726.13
Learn what goes into a successful TV pilot.
Format: In Person
Next Start Date: September 7, 2024
SCRIPT X 464.2E
Employ powerful acting techniques to help you develop and refine characters from your projects.
Format: In Person
Next Start Date: July 8, 2024
SCRIPT X 415.11
Enhance the scenes in your scripts by focusing on character motivation and how the scene advances the character arc.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: April 24, 2024
(May still be accepting enrollments)
SCRIPT X 471.1
Get a comprehensive introduction to the craft of writing and creating comics, regardless of your drawing abilities and prior experience.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT 771.1
Get an overview of the craft of writing graphic novels, graphic memoirs, and comics, in this lecture for beginners.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: May 25, 2024
SCRIPT X 465.6E
Learn how a defined thematic argument is at the heart of every powerful story, and how you can enhance it in your own script.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: August 4, 2024
SCRIPT X 464.9E
Learn to create characters audiences will love and remember in this workshop for beginning and intermediate film and TV writers.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: July 10, 2024
SCRIPT X 463.10E
Perfect and focus your ideas before you even put fingers to keyboard in this generative class focused on story development and form.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: April 24, 2024
(May still be accepting enrollments)
SCRIPT X 442.1
Learn to write interactive stories and branching narratives that bring our favorite video games to life.
Format: In Person
Next Start Date: July 1, 2024
SCRIPT X 422.7
Discover what makes the dramedy more than the sum of its parts in this workshop where you articulate your series idea and outline your pilot.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 422.8
Continue writing your dramedy pilot script while practicing the basics of strong television writing.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 410.1
Learn how to write a screenplay by developing a compelling story and tackling a feature film script outline in this first course of a four-course sequence.
Format: Online | In Person | Live Online
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 410.2
Building on your outline from the first course in the feature film sequence, continue to learn how to write a screenplay by completing the first act of your film script.
Format: Online | In Person | Live Online
Next Start Date: July 1, 2024
SCRIPT X 410.3
Tackle writing a significant portion of Act II and learn powerful creative techniques in our third course in the screenwriting sequence.
Format: Online | In Person | Live Online
Next Start Date: July 6, 2024
SCRIPT X 410.4
Finish your feature film script and learn revision tactics in our fourth and final basic screenwriting course.
Format: Online | In Person | Live Online
Next Start Date: July 1, 2024
SCRIPT X 411.1
This course puts experienced screenwriters on track to complete a new script in a supportive community of like-minded writers.
Format: Live Online | Online
Next Start Date: July 10, 2024
SCRIPT X 411.2
This course helps experienced screenwriters complete their new script in a collaborative environment.
Format: Online | Live Online
Next Start Date: July 10, 2024
SCRIPT X 411.3
Writers who have completed at least two feature-length screenplays engage in analysis and revision in this rewriting workshop.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 413
Complete a Feature Film Certificate as you take a script from concept to completion, with weeks devoted to professional development and revision practices.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 409
Learn the basics of screenwriting for feature films in this exercise-based workshop for absolute beginners.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: April 22, 2024
(May still be accepting enrollments)
SCRIPT X 469.10E
Get practical, professional training in using Final Draft software for use as a script coordinator or writer's assistant
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: August 3, 2024
SCRIPT X 464.3E
Position yourself for success by learning and incorporating professional script formatting into your work.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: May 4, 2024
SCRIPT X 463.6E
Get insight into how to get your script noticed in screenwriting competitions to push your career forward.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: July 10, 2024
SCRIPT X 401
Craft and tinker with your story from a high-level point of view in this workshop teaching you the basics of screen story for beginners.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: May 8, 2024
SCRIPT X 421.1
Learn how to construct a story and write a script outline for an existing half-hour series in this introductory TV writing course.
Format: In Person | Live Online | Online
Next Start Date: July 6, 2024
SCRIPT X 421.2
Go from outline to the first draft script of a half-hour series, mirroring the professional TV writer's room environment.
Format: Hybrid | Live Online | Online | In Person
Next Start Date: July 6, 2024
SCRIPT X 422.1
Learn how to write a TV script in this course that takes you from half-hour pilot idea to beat sheet and the teaser pages of your script.
Format: In Person | Live Online | Online
Next Start Date: July 10, 2024
SCRIPT X 422.2
Finish your half-hour pilot script as you rework, refine, and revise your progress made until you reach the end.
Format: Hybrid | Live Online | Online | In Person
Next Start Date: July 9, 2024
SCRIPT X 451.2
Ensure your story follows real world protocols and practices in this course dedicated to enhancing the realism and believability of your story.
Format: Online | Live Online
Next Start Date: July 10, 2024
SCRIPT X 464.11E
Learn how masterful screenwriters put realistic words into their characters’ mouths in this course dedicated to the art and craft of dialogue.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: July 9, 2024
SCRIPT X 400
Get a crash course on various aspects of writing for silver screens, TV screens, web video, audio podcasts, and/or comics in this high-level overview of what each genre offers writers.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: April 24, 2024
(May still be accepting enrollments)
SCRIPT X 428.1
Learn the fine art of writing comedy sketches and late night talk show bits
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: July 6, 2024
SCRIPT X 465.2E
Use prompts and exercises to spend time with your characters outside the world of your story, learning more about their voices and reactions in various situations.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: April 25, 2024
(May still be accepting enrollments)
SCRIPT X 412.5
Polish your screenplay draft by incorporating powerful cinematic elements and reviewing your story structure in advanced course.
Format: In Person
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 421.3
Learn how to construct a story and write a script outline for an existing one-hour series in this introductory TV writing course.
Format: Hybrid | Live Online | Online | In Person
Next Start Date: July 1, 2024
SCRIPT X 421.4
Go from outline to the first draft script of a one-hour series, mirroring the professional TV writer's room environment.
Format: In Person | Live Online | Online
Next Start Date: July 6, 2024
SCRIPT X 422.3
Develop the world, characters, tone, and story engine for an original TV series before developing an outline and your script's first act.
Format: In Person | Live Online | Online
Next Start Date: July 9, 2024
SCRIPT X 422.4
Carry your pilot script across the finish line in this workshop focused on helping you fix story problems, maximize drama, and write to the end.
Format: In Person | Live Online | Online
Next Start Date: July 9, 2024
SCRIPT X 422.11
Learn basic rewriting skills as you review your initial draft for opportunities to expand, deepen, and enrich your TV script.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: July 10, 2024
SCRIPT 769.4
Learn how the pros pitch to industry decision makers in this workshop for budding screenwriters.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: June 15, 2024
SCRIPT X 415.10
Build powerful stories by placing character relationships at the center for your script.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 423.10
Rewrite your television pilot script with a showrunner's production perspective in this intensive workshop for advanced students.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: July 16, 2024
SCRIPT X 463.3E
Learn the techniques of character-driven storytelling in this workshop focusing on the most in-demand skills for today's TV writers.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: July 10, 2024
SCRIPT X 433
Create an original project or adapt from your own scripts in this course helping you bring your stories to scripted audio environments.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: July 10, 2024
SCRIPT X 425.5
Explore the history of televised storytelling by watching and breaking current shows, developing knowledge to help you craft your own innovative series
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: July 6, 2024
SCRIPT X 463.9E
Harness the promise of your ideas by learning to wrangle them into linked digital notes, giving you a series of starting points for new projects.
Format: In Person | Live Online
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 424
Complete a Television Certificate as you develop a spec of an existing series and original pilot, with weeks devoted to professional development and revision practices.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 420.1
Learn the basics of writing for television in this exercise-based workshop for absolute beginners.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: April 30, 2024
SCRIPT 726.16
Uncover the secrets behind the mesmerizing world of TV series creation in the role of a TV showrunner.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 465.3E
Take a deep dive into the global approach to horror narratives in this generative workshop for screenwriters.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: July 6, 2024
SCRIPT X 464.5E
Create dynamic, richly drawn characters audiences will love in this practical workshop for writers looking for an edge.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: July 11, 2024
SCRIPT X 416.3E
Learn how studios review and approve screenplays as you get hands-on experience in the critical art of writing coverage on scripts.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: July 10, 2024
SCRIPT X 465.5E
Enhance your existing script in this course focused on imbuing your story with elements that inspire a director's passion.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: July 11, 2024
SCRIPT X 463.8E
Develop a half-hour animated pilot while learning the ins and outs of this unique genre of television.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 415.13
Learn to write a powerful biographical film (a "biopic") in this case ideal for writers with some understanding of feature film structure.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: July 10, 2024
SCRIPT 710.2
Get an overview of the craft of screenwriting for feature films.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: June 1, 2024
SCRIPT X 425.6
Discover how the process of writing a TV series treatment can help you deepen character, expand your story world, and help you articulate your unique vision.
Format: Live Online | In Person
Next Start Date: June 8, 2024
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