STORY AND PLOT III: THE FIRST DRAFT

Begins June 1st, 2009
Monday Nights, 6:30pm - 9:00pm

This is for the more advanced screenwriter. Past or concurrent enrollment in Story and Plot: Structure is required.

Story and Plot: Improving The Read is highly recommended.

Class is Sold Out

The First Draft class is a ten week class where the students continue the work they started in the previous two courses in better understanding story structure. The primary focus of the class, however, will be the completion of a detailed outline of their own story as well as writing the entire first act of their script (the first 25-30 pages). This class allows the rare opportunity for the student to have their project, from the beginning of concept to a detailed outline, guided by a professional screenwriter adept at story development. The student will be advised on all facets of their project, from the marketability of the concept, the structure of the story, character growth, and much more.

The class will begin with more detailed examinations of the story and structure from successful as well as failed motion pictures. The students will simultaneously be proposing and developing their own ideas, both story driven pieces as well as more concept driven ideas that need more developed stories. Each student, guided by the instructor, will work on story outlines using the four act structure they learned in the previous two classes. Armed with a scene by scene breakdown, the students will write the first ten pages of their script, developing it with the class through several rewrites. Using the knowledge they learned by developing the story outline, the continued examinations of Hollywood films, and the first ten pages of their script, the student will then proceed to write their first act.

This class is extremely rare in Houston. To develop a script from the beginning with a professional screenwriter is uncommon even in Hollywood for the non-professional. This is an opportunity that shouldn't be passed up for anyone serious about their screenwriting.

Email us: info@storyandplot.com