Join us to turn your story into structured longform narrative content, alongside likeminded writers. Write a first draft in any genre.

Thursday: 9am-1:30pm | 2pm-6pm

Friday: 9am-12:30pm | 1pm-5pm

Whether you have an idea, a developed story, or even a WIP draft, join our evening sessions to transform your project into a finished, polished piece of writing.

This course blends acedemia-level insights with a relaxed and collaborative atmosphere - at the storytelling hub, Playhouse East.

You will gain a comprehensive initiation into the craft of screenwriting through a combination of practical exercises in writing, reading and analytic viewing. There will be in-class tasks to advance your work.

You will either have completed:

a short film draft (up to 25 pages)mmaking hub

an excerpt of a feature film (up to 30 pages)

a 30-minute TV pilot (up to 30 pages)

You will discover and explore the fundamentals of telling a story for the screen to further expand your own storytelling point of view, and applying techniques to regular written exercises that will enhance your in-class participation. Week by week, we come to appreciate how different script tools can be used to dramatically craft a ‘story well told’.

No previous knowledge of scriptwriting is required, though focus and engagement with the form is encouraged. You will leave with a holistic understanding of film storytelling, and a fully mapped out piece of writing that you can put forward to professional settings.

• About your tutor:

Having taught screenwriting at the postgraduate and undergraduate levels (including at the University of Warwick's lauded Writing Programme) Flavia has designed these robust & collaborative workshops to break down narrative devices like plot, character, dialogue, dramatisation, and filmmaking tools - in an inclusive and supportive setting.

Flavia is a creative producer and a practicing writer and director, having made her feature film Beautiful in the Morning (distributed by Herflix) and currently developing a slate of film & TV scripts which have gained support (most notably from the prestigious Athena Writers Lab). She earned a BFA from Tisch School of the Arts, and was mentored by auteurs Noah Baumbach & Cedric Klapisch, and Academy Award-winning cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki (on Alejandro Inarritu's Birdman).

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