Writing the Screenplay Treatment

Course Details

  • Course Title: Writing the Screenplay Treatment
  • Course Price: $199.00
  • Course Format: Online Instructor-led Course
  • Estimated Time Commitment: 24 hour(s)
  • Course Length: 4 week(s)

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Upcoming Sessions

  • September 13, 2010 - October 08, 2010

Prerequisites

No previous experience is needed for this course, however, a familiarity with screenwriting and an idea for your treatment is recommended.

Description

The treatment is the most vital selling tool in your screenwriting arsenal.  Without a dynamite treatment, even the most well-written script won’t stand a chance in the Hollywood fray.

Let Writers University show you, step-by-step, how to create an electrifying treatment that is sure to spark a Hollywood bidding war on your script! We’ve made the anxiety-producing process of treatment writing simple with our ground-breaking approach to the form. 

You’ll learn:

  • What a treatment is and what it isn’t
  • The proper format for a treatment
  • How to choose what scenes go in your treatment
  • What to do with your treatment
  • And much, much more

Never sweat through writing a treatment again.  Writing the Screenplay Treatment will make you a master treatment writer in just four weeks!

Objectives

  • Learn the fundamentals of writing a treatment, including structure and format.
  • Students will acquire techniques to apply to writing their own dynamic treatment.

Course Materials

There are no required materials.

Course Creator

Writers University

Working shoulder-to-shoulder for three decades with some of the most creative people around the world has shown us that streamlined instruction produces powerful results. We'll share with you the insight we've gleaned from years of extensive experience in the art and craft of all things writing. Our specially selected Writers University experts will get you on the right track and lead you down the road to creative nirvana. So give us four weeks and we'll give you the tips and tricks professional screenwriters use to create award-winning scripts.

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  • Session: Sep 13 - Oct 08
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