Next
Class TBA
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.
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