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Whether you’re an aspiring screenwriter or novelist, you can turn your love for words into a lucrative career as a copywriter.
Based on our popular Introduction to Screenwriting course, Screenwriting Basics will teach you everything you need to know to start your screenplay.
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!
Two established executive producers/showrunners - William Rabkin and Lee Goldberg - will give you an inside look at the world of episodic television.
Psychologist, script consultant, and author Rachel Ballon, PhD, teaches successful secrets for creating great characters.
Based on Tierno's book ARISTOTLE'S POETICS FOR SCREENWRITERS, this course takes you from concept to log line, treatment and finished screenplay.
Noah Lukeman, literary agent and author of two bestselling books on writing, teaches the essentials for any writer serious about getting published.
How to sell scripts, pitch stories, and land writing jobs — the secrets to launching a successful screenwriting career!
Master the basics of writing for the stage with expert playwright Jonathan Dorf. You'll be writing your first play in four short weeks!
Most classes teach what to do and what not to do; this course will outline HOW to develop habits to more joyful writing and better scripts.
Author/seminar leader Kathie Fong Yoneda provides the necessary pitching tools to help you successfully navigate your ideas through Tinsel Town.
Let Dave Trottier (Dr. Format himself) show you the necessary techniques and currently accepted standards to set your script apart.
Successful Screenwriter/Novelist Tom Sawyer’s theory-free approach will get your Movie, Novel, Memoir or Short-story going in the right direction.
Learn dialogue techniques from successful screenwriters that turn bland, on-the-nose dialogue into speech that snaps, crackles and pops off the page.
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Breaking into Copywriting was very informative, chock-full of useful approaches and commercial resources for independent copywriters.
- Diane Liberman
Just wanted you to know that by taking Screenwriting Basics, the information shared with me and the guidance I received is priceless.
- Nancy Schiller