Indulge your imagination, Become a Scriptwriter!
Learn how to Write a Marketable Script in 10 Weeks with a Final Draft
When your imagination takes wing, there’s nothing quite like crafting a script out of it. Though most of us have no dearth of imagination and creativity, we lack the ability to put it together for a productive purpose. This Course not only teaches you to write a script but to produce a "marketable" script bundled with the award winning Final Draft Software.
This course does not aim to produce just a single script- it’s far more ambitious. The real purpose is to show you the structure of scripts and how to produce "marketable" scripts in a minimal amount of time.
The course instructor is a seasoned scriptwriter who has a successful history of teaching students the art and science of scriptwriting. You will walk away from this course with the tools, techniques and the fundamental knowledge and information needed to get started or continue your scriptwriting work.
The major part of this course is devoted to your writing, submission and the editing of your work by the instructor. Each script is reviewed and through your diligent rewrites you will enhance your abilities to expand and improve upon story lines and the creation of believable characters that dynamically interact with each other.
Final Draft Software automates and enhances the scriptwriting process.
Outcomes:
As a result of this online course you will within 10 weeks be able to:
 Author a marketable script or enhance an existing one currently under development
Effectively "work the script" by honing characters, scenes and locations that need fine
tuning or further development
Understand and use the basic and some advanced features of the Final Draft Software.
Assessment:
Full and total instructor reviews given to each script submitted
Constructive written comments and criticism given to your work
Correct written responses to instructor regarding questions related to your scriptwriting rewrites
Self assessment of your work based on a baseline (starting point) and the ending point of this course
Week 1 through 10 you will be setting goals for the course such as:
What are the characteristics of a marketable script? What are its component parts? How do we migrate a script from origination of ideas to final marketable product?
Developing workable stories
Developing believable characters
Draft of Act One of a three-act script
Rewrite of Act One
Draft of Act Two
Rewrite of Act Two
Draft of Act Three
Rewrite of Act Three
Wrap Up
- Steps needed to submit your script to agents and producers
- Continuation of work (methods to keep you thinking and going)
- Staying in contact with instructor
- Advanced scriptwriting workshops (further development and refinement)
Instructor: Dr. Richard Welch
Biography:
TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2000- present Mercyhurst College , Erie , PA Associate Professor Director-Communications Department 1988-Present. KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY , Marietta , GA. Associate Professor of Communication. Tenured faculty member responsible for the journalism sequence in multi-dimensional communication major. Teaches a variety of courses in writing, management, law and research. · 1994-95, Semi-finalist -- Distinguished Teacher of the Year · 1997-98, Semi-finalist--Distinguished Teacher of the Year · 1998-99, Nominated-- Distinguished Teacher of the Year
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