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Screenwriting Workshop

Turn your idea into a screenplay worthy of being Hollywood's next hit!
Bestseller
Rating: 4.4 out of 54.4 (835 ratings)
5,786 students
Created by Dani Alcorn
Last updated 3/2021
English
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30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • Turn Your Idea Into a Screenplay
  • Explore What Makes Movies Award Winners
  • Create a Pitch That Sells Your Idea
  • Develop Compelling Characters
  • Structure Your Screenplay
  • Learn Techniques That Make Scenes Leap Off The Page
  • Polish Your Screenplay
  • Discover Resources To Help Get Your Screenplay Noticed

Requirements

  • Open to all aspiring writers, young or old, experienced or just beginning

Description

Do you have a great idea for a movie and want to turn it into a screenplay? Have you already started a screenplay and gotten stuck? Have you finished a screenplay but feel it needs polish? Screenwriting Workshop shows you how to accomplish all of these things and helps you market your work and get it onto the big screen.

In these fun and lively lessons, Dani Alcorn guides you on the path to success. You'll learn how to create and polish a screenplay step by step. Topics include:

  • Story Structure
  • Creating Compelling Characters
  • Using Archetypes to Flesh Out Character
  • The Hero's Journey
  • Creating Treatments that Sell
  • Developing the Perfect Beginning and Ending
  • Making Your Theme Resonate
  • Crafting Dialogue that Rings True
  • Creating Action that Packs a Punch
  • Controlling Pacing
  • Screenplay Formatting
  • Pitching a Great Idea
  • Designing the Perfect Logline
  • Online Resources for Screenwriters
  • Marketing Your Screenplay

Whether you're just getting started or you're an experienced screenwriter, Screenwriting Workshop helps you turn your dream into a reality.

Who this course is for:

  • First Time Screenwriters of Any Age
  • Screenwriters with Unfinished or Unpolished Screenplays

Course content

7 sections • 51 lectures • 6h 51m total length

  • Preview08:11
  • Preview05:01
  • Top Grossing Genres
    03:57
  • Award Winning Films
    05:19
  • Movies Versus Television
    09:44
  • A Quick History of TV and Movies
    09:15

  • Getting Ideas
    09:59
  • Elements of a Good Tale: Plot and Story
    04:48
  • Theme: What is this Movie Really About?
    04:49
  • Creating Compelling Characters
    03:44
  • Protagonists
    09:13
  • Antagonists
    08:42
  • Supporting Characters
    11:25
  • Archetypes
    17:02
  • The Hero's Journey
    22:10

  • Loglines and Pitches
    08:14
  • Synopses
    07:21
  • Introduction to Structure
    05:43
  • Four Act Structure
    17:50
  • Three Act Structure
    05:59
  • Act 1
    09:24
  • Act 2
    06:29
  • Act 3
    06:36
  • Beginnings and Endings
    14:33
  • Scenes
    17:33
  • Treatments and Outlines
    11:01

  • A Word on Screenwriting Software
    03:42
  • How To Format A Screenplay
    11:58
  • Formatting Specifics
    07:01
  • Using Celtx
    10:14
  • Great Screenwriting: What Belongs and What Doesn't
    09:33
  • Writing Great Dialogue
    07:15
  • Writing Great Action/Description
    12:09
  • Writing Great Character Introductions
    04:10
  • Pacing
    08:06
  • Tips For Completing Your Screenplay
    05:15

  • The Importance of Workshops
    12:18
  • Rewrites
    19:06
  • Revisiting the Logline/Pitch
    05:22

  • Introduction To Film Analyses
    02:12
  • Drama: The Shawshank Redemption
    04:23
  • Thriller: The Silence of the Lambs
    05:20
  • Family: The Lion King
    03:26
  • Romantic Comedy: You've Got Mail
    03:26
  • Romantic Comedy: TiMER
    2 pages
  • Superhero: Spiderman (2002)
    03:41
  • Science Fiction: The 5th Element
    04:57

  • How To Get Your Screenplay Out There
    11:58
  • Online Resources for Screenwriters
    07:29
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Instructor

Dani Alcorn
Author and Screenwriter
Dani Alcorn
  • 4.5 Instructor Rating
  • 1,995 Reviews
  • 25,940 Students
  • 9 Courses

Dani is the author of the Young Adult novel The Last Telepath, and three screenplays: 


A Quintessence of Dust, a science fiction riff on what would happen if Hamlet met Bladerunner

How to Catch an Englishman, a romantic comedy about moving overseas in search of an eligible bachelor

Do No Harm, a drama that explores the ethical choices facing a heart surgeon when her personal and professional lives collide

Dani graduated Summa Cum Laude from Northwestern University, where she majored in Psychology and Radio, Television, & Film.


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