- Screenwriting Workshops - Location -> Bellingham, WA There's a 4-week course and an 8-week course. Note: This workshop series has produced numerous screenplays which have received national recognition in the top screenwriting competitions, e.g., Nicholl, Chesterfield, Austin Heart of Film, and CineStory. A workshop participant ('98) won 1st Place in the 1999 Hollywood Symposium Screenplay Contest. Writers have landed agents and development/option deals. Aubrey M. Horton is able to achieve such a high rate of success due to the fact that he only works with a select group of writers each year. Only 8 participants are allowed in each workshop. FYI: The MFA Method (tm) replicates the workshop system taught at UCLA film school. Writers are nurtured in small groups. When the 8-week workshop ends, the screenplays are doctored . . . and each writer is counseled as to the developed script's potential in the market. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SW 101 -> 4 weeks -> introductory SW 126/226 -> 8 weeks -> write a screenplay SW 226/326 -> 8 weeks -> advanced; repeat students ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Screenwriting Workshop 101 -> 4 weeks 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday Afternoons This is a four-week introductory course which covers the basic nuts and bolts of screenwriting. This workshop offers participants a chance to learn proper screenplay format. The primary focus will be on learning how to write cinematic scenes vis-a-vis professional standards. Topics covered will include: structure, dialogue, commercial storytelling, character definition, and dramatic intensity. This private workshop will be offered at [a future date]. Anyone can take this workshop, but it's limited to 8 students. No writing sample is required. You do not have to be enrolled in college to participate. See "Application Info" below. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Screenwriting Workshop 126/226 -> 8 weeks 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday Afternoons This is an eight-week course. It will focus on the design and execution of a feature-length screenplay. The emphasis will be on the storytelling elements which Hollywood demands of its writers. The participants will be taught the "secrets of the trade." The primary focus will be on story transfer -- i.e., on learning how to enhance the storytelling process with solid structure, dramatic pacing, and believable character development. This course is open to new applicants and repeat students. Limited to 8 slots. A writing sample is required, but the sample does not have to be in script format. Applications are first reviewed before a writing sample is requested. This private workshop will be offered at [a future date]. You do not have to be enrolled in college to take this course. See "Application Info" below. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Screenwriting Workshop 226/326 -> 8 weeks Advanced. Professional craft. Repeat students only. E-mail to be placed on the waitlist. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ APPLICATION INFO If you'd like to apply for a workshop, please click on the blue "Email" on the left side of this page . . . or e-mail: -> info@ScriptDoctor911.com Remember to include your postal mailing address and your phone # in your request. Specify -> the four-week or the eight-week course. If you live near Bellingham, you'll be sent the complete course description via the U.S. mail. * These are private workshops. You must be at least 18 years old to apply. * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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