THE FUNAMENTALS OF SCREENWRITING
Online Training Program

Instructor Jordan Morris on set filming the “Box Art” docu-series for Pyre Productions

THE FUNDAMENTALS OF SCREENWRITING
Online Training Program

$100.00 USD
One-time fee for lifetime access

This self-taught screenwriting course includes everything you need to know about how to create industry-standard screenplays. Have fun learning to write the best screenplays of your life and increase your chances of selling/landing paid work with this insightful and easy-to-understand program!

Your one-time fee grants you lifetime access to all materials!

Program Details

 

  • This program will take an average of 10 hours to complete

  • You receive lifetime access to all program materials and any updates when you sign up

  • You receive an initial one-hour consult at no additional cost to ensure you start on the right foot and get the support you need

  • You also receive access to an entire online community (on the SLACK app) of like-minded screenwriters in training where you can share your work, receive feedback, compare notes, read relevant articles and give each other the support and encouragement you need to succeed. Never feel alone in your pursuit again!

This program is suitable for any skill or experience level and is designed to help anyone learn the rules, tools and concepts required to enjoy the process of crafting a marketable, industry-standard screenplay. 

Typically, those who enroll fall into one of these four categories: 

  1. Absolute beginners who are merely curious and are looking for a new and fun creative outlet.

  2. Filmmakers working in some other area of film production who want to gain a better understanding of how to tell a more effective/moving/memorable story.

  3. Emerging screenwriters who are not yet enjoying the level of success they desire.

  4. Creative writers from different disciplines (eg. comic book artists, blogger/vloggers, journalists, novelists, poets, game designers, musicians, playwrights, etc.) that want to re-examine storytelling from a screenwriter's perspective - often because screenwriting is famous for its succinctness and straightforwardness and they want to adopt those qualities in their writing.

 

55 LESSONS BROKEN INTO THREE SECTIONS:

Section 1: YOU

Learn how to BE a screenwriter:
Eliminate the stress and frustration by learning how to enjoy the process, how to develop your own unique voice as a writer, how the industry really works and what professionals actually want from the screenwriters they do business with.

Section 2: YOUR TOOLBOX

Learn how to ELEVATE your work:
Learn dozens of powerful tools, strategies and diagnostic tricks that will help you compose marketable stories that emotionally move audiences and attract the attention of industry professionals.

Section 3: YOUR METHOD

Learn a “bullet-proof” PROCESS, start to finish:
The final section of the course is dedicated to teaching a simple, reliable and repeatable process that you can use again and again to create excellent screenplays! All without any complex or confusing charts or diagrams!


Read more about the curriculum in the AREAS OF STUDY section below…

If you’ve always wanted to learn the art and science of writing screenplays, or if you’re already writing, but want to elevate your skills…

…this course is for you!

Areas of Study

    1. Introduction

    2. Managing Expectations

    3. Effective, Not Perfect

    4. The Value of Rejection

    5. Where Not to Start

    6. What is Your Brand

    7. Talking the Talk

  • Fundamentals

    1. A Look Ahead

    2. The High-Concept

    3. The Ironic Hook

    4. The Thematic Contest

    5. The Choice of Genre

    6. The Logline

    7. Choosing a Title

    Engineering Your Story

    1. The Poetic Screenplay

    2. The Pursuit

    3. Pain & Conflict

    4. The Art of Escalation

    5. The Need for Surprise

    6. Plants & Payoffs

    7. Dynamic Containment

    8. Budgetary Concerns

    9. Start at The End

    10. Subplot Considerations

    Engineering Your Characters

    1. Character Needs

    2. Character Intros

    3. Better Bad Guys

    4. Character Arcs

    5. The Wound

    6. The Lie

    7. Want vs Need

    8. How Arcs Work

    9. The Triangle

    Engineering Your Scenes

    1. The Three Ways to Communicate Information

    2. Important Questions

    3. Every Scene Must

    4. A Scene Dissection

    Engineering Your Dialogue

    1. Dialogue Basics

    2. Subtext & Irony

    3. Writing Dialogue

    Engineering Techniques

    1. Formatting

    2. Three Act Structure

    3. Show, Don’t Tell

    4. Whitespace & Rhythm

    5. The 2+2 Technique

    6. 7 More Techniques

    1. The Process (overview)

    2. One Sentence

    3. Five Sentences (+ six)

    4. Eleven Sentences (+ six)

    5. Forty Sentences

    6. Twelve Pages

    7. Making Mud

    8. Making Coal

    9. Making Diamonds

    1. The Story Worksheet

    2. The Character Worksheet

    3. The Scene Worksheet

 

Ask For a FREE Consultation.

If you have any questions or would like more information, just write us a quick note. You’ll never be pushed to sign up or “sold” on any of our services. That is not our style.

We genuinely want to help you achieve your screenwriting goals, so if you’d like to talk about any aspect of screenwriting or our program, in particular, don’t hesitate to reach out.

We’d love to chat with you!