Inspiring and practical course with many exercises from a professional film writer and expert with many real films and TV series out.

Many sections, great fun and challenging exercises. How to get a unique idea, structure, characters, plots and how to sell your script, and much more. Complete with practical advice on set design, making a set sheet, avoiding bloopers and mistakes. Easy to read and very useful for beginners to experienced script writers or playwrights. Chapters:

Embrace Insanity – Tips for a Good Concept 1

No Formula – Tips for Great Concept 2

Unique Selling Proposition USP

Bid Bad USP – Tips for a Great Concept 3

Inspiration from People – Tips on Coming Up with a Good Concept 4

The Importance of Conflict in Script Writing

Multiple Storylines, narrative and non-linear narrative

Premise and Backstory

Plots and Plotlines

Story Development and Timelines – Non-linear

Set Up (Plants) and Payoff

Putting in a Plot Twist

Journey of the Lead Characters

Characters

Emotional Hook for Characters

Writing Dialogue

How to sell a script

Parts of a script

How To Do A Sequence Breakdown

Props, bloopers and how to reduce them

How To Come Up With An Efficient Shooting Schedule

The Art Director’s Visual Team

How To Create The Look of a Movie or Story

Designing costumes – character detail

Part of the Story Software courses series written by real professionals. Other courses include Fiction & Narrative, Modern Muse: Poetry and Advertising Copy, Genres and others. We also have online courses with professional tutors, and create writing apps. Edited by Geoff Davis MA of Story Software, a PEN International published author. Read it now.