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| Action-Thriller Writing | Action-Adventure/action-thriller films are easily the most popular movies drawing enormous audiences worldwide and across many different cultures. Action writing is in itself, its own language. Translations are rarely needed. Action films have evolved from the one-man wrecking crew movies of the 1980s to the character driven, seat of your pants, near-death thrill rides epitomized by the character John McClain in the "Die Hard" series.
Students will study chosen films by the instructor and be able to discuss elements of the action genre and the techniques used to create suspense, plot twists, and other essentials of the action-thriller script. We'll discuss current action-thrillers like "The Bourne Supremacy", "Die Hard", and other excellent Action-Thriller films. Enroll Now. · Access: Private· Created: 2008-01-01 · Enroll | |
| Advanced Screenwriting | This class is for students who have learned the basics, finished at least one screenplay, and feel they need some advanced help. We start by revisiting the basic principles of screenwriting and make sure you're not overlooking anything. Then we move into advanced areas of structure, characterization, theme, conflict and other areas. There are readings, assignments, lectures, and other assessments to help you sharpen your story-building skills. Students will be able to share their ideas and process via online postings and discussion. For more details and to enroll [Click Here]
· Access: Private· Created: 2007-04-01 · Enroll | |
| Art of the Pitch | Writers will study for a week and learn about the Ins and Outs of "The Pitch." Each student will submit several versions of their 30 second pitch (appox. 45 words) to the instructor and will receive direct feedback. Writers will also critique one another's pitches in the forums. There will be assignments and activities. Each student will leave with a highly developed and perfected pitch. The instructor will also select ONE PITCH to SUBMIT to Story Readers and Executives in Hollywood.
· Access: Private· Created: 2009-02-22 · Enroll | |
| Beyond the Basics: Advanced Screenwriting | Beyond the Basics: Advanced Screenwriting is a 4-week online class that takes you beyond screenwriting fundamentals. Each week you’ll read, analyze and discuss a section of a screenplay from a produced film and understand what makes it work. You’ll see structure, character development, conflict, subplot, and more in action. You’ll be guided by your instructor through lectures and assignments that teach you how to shape your own ideas into a well-crafted screenplay. For more information and to register, Click Here · Access: Private· Created: 2006-01-16 · Enroll | |
| Character Development | This is an online class for writers in need of help with creating believable and richly drawn characters and how to development them effectively. The class presents the advanced topics of screenwriting: character development, plot development, structure, conflict, and dialogue. It is strongly suggested that students who take this course have completed at least one screenplay.
· Access: Private· Created: 2008-12-11 · Enroll | |
| Faith in Film: Creative Christian Screenwriting | Do you want to write a screenplay that has a Christian message but that doesn't come across as preachy and dull? Too often, Christian screenwriters try to teach their audience a lesson instead of showing them what they want them to know. Others rely solely on inspiration to tell a story. For eight weeks students will analyze Christian film, learn screenwriting techniques and develop their own well crafted screenplay that is based on their beliefs.
Each week students will read an assigned number of pages from their textbook, read a short lecture and complete exercises. They will share their work with other students in class and with their instructor and give and receive constructive criticism. At the end of the eight weeks they will have completed Act One of their screenplay, an outline of their story, and they'll be well on their way to reaching the finish line. For more information and how to order this course, click here. · Access: Private· Created: 2006-04-24 · Enroll | |
| First Ten Pages | Writing the first 10 pages is key to your screen story. Sometimes that is all a Hollywood read will give you before throwing your script in the "pass" pile. · Access: Private· Created: 2009-06-08 · Enroll | |
| History of Screenwriting: 1900 to 1919 Anita Loos and Subtitles, The Emergence of Scenario Art | The first of a three part series on American Screenwriting. During the silent era scenario (screen) writers developed their craft and as they did so an art form began to emerge. · Access: Private· Created: 2004-11-03 · Enroll | |
| How to Sell A Screenplay | This is a one night online class that takes you beyond the "how to find an agent" and "how to write a query letter" rhetoric that convolutes the "How to Sell a Screenplay" genre of classes. Your instructor (who has optioned and sold screenplays) will take you inside the inner-circle of Hollywood and tell you the secrets to selling a screenplay WITHOUT an agent! More info & to Enroll · Access: Private· Created: 2007-04-01 · Enroll | |
| ISP Second Act Seminar | ISP is designed to offer maximum exposure for your screenplay. It's not writer's block, but second act issues that effect your ability to finish your screenplay! The instructor will provide proven strategies for second act success. There are several things that can be picked up on early in the writing process that will spell disaster as you try to punch through the second act and still maintain narrative trajectory. This is an 8-week program from start to finish and includes script evaluation (second act emphasis), rewriting, live instruction and training, and online readings. You will receive analysis, and then have 4-6 weeks to perform rewrites, during which you'll meet with our professional instructor several times in live training sessions to discuss issues that arise. · Access: Private· Created: 2005-07-14 · Enroll | |
| Keys to a Salable Spec Script | Dave Trottier is the author of "The Screenwriter's Bible," which is now in its fourth edition! He has also sold several screenplays and developed projects for The Walt Disney Company, Jim Henson Pictures, York Entertainment, On the Bus Productions, Hill Fields (for ABC) and New Century Pictures. This class focuses on the key elements involved in creating a highly marketable screenplay. · Access: Private· Created: 2007-05-30 · Enroll | |
| Screenwriter's Market | From the author of "Screenwriting on the Internet: Researching, Writing, & Selling Your Script on the Web", comes a 4-star course for how to market your screenplay (get it into the hands of agents and producers) from anywhere!
Class offers step-by-step instruction on how to enter and succeed in the screenwriting world. All aspects of the industry and procedures are covered in this comprehensive guide to Hollywood stardom, from how to write a screenplay, to researching on the internet for the right agent or producer to submit your screenplay to. It is written in an accessible style for both the experienced and novice screenwriter.
KEY FEATURES:
* Attain maximum exposure of your writing and position within the industry via the internet
* Learn how to best promote your screenplay
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR: Chris Wehner, a published author, journalist, critic and professional screenwriter. He has worked in the field for over 10 years. He was recently Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of Screenwriter's Monthly and VP of Development for MoviePartners. Currently his screenplay, EL CAMINO, is in development with Area 51 Films in Los Angeles and is scheduled to go into production this year. His book, "Screenwriting on the Internet: Researching, Writing & Selling Your Script on the Web" was a Top Seller at The Writer's Store and his latest book "Who Wrote That Movie?" has received praise as well.
· Access: Private· Created: 2005-03-06 · Enroll | |
| Screenwriting 101 | Screenwriting 101 is a 4-week online class for beginning writers or writers wanting to brush up on the fundamentals. In two intense class sessions you can jumpstart your writing and hit the ground running. Screenwriting 101 presents the fundamentals of screenwriting: character development, plot development, structure, conflict, and dialogue. Mainly focused on beginners or anyone who wants to brush up on the fundamentals. Students gain enough knowledge to continue writing their screenplay, start their first screenplay, and finish. Go here > Screenwriting 101 details. · Access: Private· Created: 2004-10-17 · Enroll | |
| Writing Horror | This course is for intermediate to advanced screenwriters who have learned basic screenplay format. Students will learn all the aspects and elements of genre screenwriting and will be able to write a feature length Horror screenplay at the end of this course. In order to write about Horror, the student must first understand the basics of Human Nature when it comes to Horror or rather Fear. Horror shows people in decay, hideous, ridden with guilt by ghosts from the past, chased by monsters that are sometimes of their own making. Enroll | |
| Writing the First Ten Pages | This is an online class writers in need of help with writing the opening scenes of a screenplay that set the tone, establish the narrative, create expectation, present the main character, and create suspense. · Access: Private· Created: 2008-12-07 · Enroll | |
| Writing the Perfect E-Query Letter | You’ve written a half-dozen screenplays -- at least -- you’ve honed and crafted them to the point where you’re now ready to start submitting. Finding the right agent, producer or production company to submit your project to will be the hardest part. You will find that the blood, sweat and tears of the past two or three years have been nothing. You are now going to face rejection, and lots of it. You will not have your phone calls returned, that’s if you’re lucky enough to leave a message with anyone of importance. You will also find that the gatekeepers will happily slap up wall after wall to slow you down. Soon after you’ll start to doubt yourself.
With that said, you can do it. After taking this class you will have increased the odds of your email query having success. You can get your screenplay in front of a set of eyeballs that are attached to a head that is resting on the shoulders of someone who could either buy your screenplay or sign you as a client. I’ve accomplished it, and I know you can too. My name is Chris Wehner and I created this course. I have signed with a Hollywood agent, and ptioned and sold screenplays, all using the Internet to contact agents and producers! The Internet is not the future any more, it is the here and now. Email is the most popular written form of communication in the world. When was the last time you sat down and wrote a letter with a pencil and paper? Over 30 million emails reach there destination every day. We are a community of writers again. Hopefully gone forever is the MTV generation. Instead of watching t.v. all day more young adults are logging onto the web in record numbers. They are writing email, exchanging email addresses, and rush home after school to check their email. The written form of communication has been reborn in the discovery of the Internet and its grand use. Agencies and production companies now list email addresses on letterheads and business cards. Communication and knowledge sharing is what the Internet is about. Some of you are emailing agents and producers without giving it a second thought. Yet when you send off a letter, you’re reviewing screenwriting text books for how to information on query letters. Your email query must be give the same amount of thought and respect. When you query an agent or producer through email there are some things you should know. There are strategies that you can use to increase your odds of success. 
"I've always been mystified as to why (or how) anyone in their right mind would want to fall into the hole that has become the Internet in order to sell something as personal as a screenplay. But there is actually a logical step-by-step process one could follow in order to separate the wheat from the chaff. If you've been looking for another way in, Christopher Wehner has just opened the door."— Scott Frank, Screenwriter GET SHORTY, OUT OF SIGHT. · Access: Private· Created: 2009-01-17 · Enroll | |
| You Lost it in the Second Act - Advanced Class | As the saying goes, “The Second Act is where good stories go to die.” In this excellent presentation take a step-by-step class that breaks down the pitfalls and obstacles facing every screenwriter as they enter that abyss known as the second act. In this class you will learn to identify the warning signs of second act trouble, learn new techniques in screenplay structure to help you avoid the second act pitfall, and how to develop an “exit” strategy for getting your story out of the second act without failure. · Access: Private· Created: 2005-02-16 · Enroll | |
| Your First Screenplay | An easy to follow and basic presentation on screenwriting starting with the thought process of developing your marketable story idea, high concepts, hooks, characters, structure, format, building tension and conflict, developing character, creating setups and payoffs, maintaining drama in the second act, plot points, twists and reversals, and creating suspense and resolution. · Access: Private· Created: 2004-10-25 · Enroll | |