HOW TO WRITE A SCRIPT - the UK'S #1 Screenwriting Course for Beginners, led by a current Universal Studios & BFI script consultant.

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HOW TO WRITE A SCRIPT - Screenwriting Course for Beginners. Our scriptwriting course for beginners has been designed for creative individuals who possess great ideas for films or TV shows, but don't know where to begin. It delivers a huge amount of information, packed into one very intense day, to participants new to screenwriting.

The course runs every month, here are the next 3 dates, scroll down to view other 2013 course dates:

1. Saturday 25^th May 2013 ***REARRANGED***
2. Saturday 29^th June 2013 ***PLACES AVAILABLE***
3. Saturday 27^th July 2013 ***PLACES AVAILABLE***

WHY BOOK WITH US?

We don't believe in screenwriting degree courses here at Industrial Scripts - they cost thousands of pounds and carry little to no weight in an industry where the quality of writing IS your CV, and whether you have a degree in screenwriting or not is irrelevant. Over a 3-year period we've devised the following 6-step program which costs less than £300 and will give you the absolute best start to becoming a pro screenwriter:

Becoming a Pro Screenwriter, Our 6-Step Guide to Give Yourself the Best Start!

1. Book onto our acclaimed 1-day "Screenwriting for Beginners" course at the link below. Why? Because we've made all the mistakes you WILL make, we've assessed literally thousands of screenplays professionally, and you'll learn more about the craft of screenwriting and the industry in a day with us than you do in years trawling the internet.
2. After the course, buy Final Draft professional screenwriting software for under £150. It'll make your life so much easier, and is the only format of software agents, executives and producers will accept scripts in.
3. Next, start reading scripts - at least 3 per week. Keep this up throughout your career, discipline in script reading is important. You can download them for free from sites likes IMSDb.
4. Put together an excel sheet of your very best TV and film ideas as you go along. Keep these ideas to 25 word "loglines" - don't write an essay at this stage.
5. Ask 5 trusted friends - or hire a script consultant like Industrial Scripts - to look at the ideas and tell you which they think is the strongest idea and why. If the 5 people concur you'll know which should be your first script.
6. Finally, start writing and pat yourself on the back for having saved yourself thousands of pounds, because THIS is the best way to start a career in screenwriting!

Focusing on both the writing process, and the industry writers find work in, the course aims to heavily de-mystify the process by which people become professional screenwriters, and help new writers navigate the sometimes precarious early years of the screenwriter.

Participants are guaranteed to leave with: an improved ability to identify a good concept or idea; a thorough understanding of what producers are looking for; an appreciation of the importance of genre; knowledge of the fees paid to screenwriters and typical industry screenwriting contracts; as well as a host of other information relating to the world of a screenwriter.

In addition, the course also delivers detailed information on the key production companies, distributers, sales agents and funding bodies operating in the UK marketplace, for whom screenwriters are vital.

COURSE OUTLINE

10am - 1pm
- Introduction: the unique challenges of Screenwriting
- A guide to screenplay format and its importance
- The stages of screenwriting: idea, logline, treatment, screenplay, working draft-to-draft
- Ideas: how to generate them and the importance of having many projects on-the-go
- Ideas: skills and tactics to avoid channeling energies into the wrong projects (a very common mistake)
- Which genres are the easiest to break into as a new writer?
- Approaches to structure
- Knowing screenwriting theory, but not being wedded to it

***1 hour break for lunch at 1pm***

1pm - 7pm
- Dialogue: how to develop a phonetic ear for speech
- Creating characters who "leap off the page"
- Show don't tell: writing cinematically
- Detailed overview of the industry: the life, pay and world of the screenwriter
- From draft-to-draft: examining a typical screenwriting deal
- Marketing yourself as a screenwriter in the digital age
- Industry etiquette - how to make yourself popular, and unpopular, as a writer
- Contacts sheet analysis
- Recommended reading list
- Q & A
- Informal networking drinks with the course tutor

COURSE DETAILS

Our screenwriting course is held in Industrial Scripts' offices on Newman Street in central London, moments from Goodge Street tube on the Northern Line.

Course Tutor Jon Gilbert - a screenwriter & director represented by Independent Talent, and script consultant to Universal Studios, The British Film Institute & Industrial Scripts. (read his full bio here).

The course fee is £156.99, which includes over 50 pages of course notes (incl. sample industry script reports), an up-to-date contacts overview of the UK film & TV industries (incl. financiers, funding bodies, production companies, sales agents and distributers), a detailed recommended reading list, and refreshments.

Places are strictly limited and participants are advised to book early to avoid disappointment. Networking is firmly encouraged so please bring business cards. Lunch and networking drinks are not included.

Industrial Scripts is a Verified PayPal seller. To secure your place on the course simply select the course date you which to attend on using the drop-down menu below, click "Add to Cart" and then "Checkout", before following the on-screen instructions to book using any debit or credit card via the secure PayPal link (***note: you do not need to have a PayPal account already in order to book with us***).

***Please note all pre-course materials will be emailed to the email address with which you send payment - ie. the email address you fill in when using PayPal to pay, NOT the email address with you register for this site. Please check all email addresses and junk mail folders associated with your booking before getting in touch to say you have not received your pre-course materials.***

Questions? Call our office on 0207 580 5177.

***PLEASE NOTE IF THE COURSE DATE BELOW IS NOT LABELLED EITHER "COMPLETED" OR "SOLD OUT" THEN PLACES ARE AVAILABLE AND YOU ARE FREE TO BOOK - PLEASE BOOK FOLLOWING THE SIMPLE LINK BELOW***.

2013: HOW TO WRITE A SCRIPT course dates, accepting bookings now:

1. Saturday 26th January 2013 ***SOLD OUT***
2. Saturday 23rd Feb 2013 ***SOLD OUT***
3. Thursday 28th March 2013 ***COMPLETED***
4. Saturday 27th April 2013 ***COMPLETED***
5. Saturday 25th May 2013 ***REARRANGED***
6. Saturday 29th June 2013 ***PLACES AVAILABLE***
7. Saturday 27th July 2013 ***PLACES AVAILABLE***
8. Saturday 31st August 2013 ***PLACES AVAILABLE***
9. Saturday 28th September 2013 ***PLACES AVAILABLE***
10. Saturday 26th October 2013 ***PLACES AVAILABLE***
11. Saturday 30th November 2013 ***PLACES AVAILABLE***
12. Saturday 21st December 2013 ***PLACES AVAILABLE***

***5 Cast-Iron Reasons to train with us...***

1. This is Industrial Scripts' first screenwriting training course - our other training courses ("Effective Script Reading" & "Making the Low-Budget Feature") have been huge successes, frequently selling out.
2. The vast majority of screenwriting courses are led by people with limited industry experience or credentials, who are often on the periphery of the business. All our courses are led by people currently working for top companies.
3. Our highly detailed course handouts accelerate your progress by highlighting different types of company and agent, cutting out the vast amount of man-hours required to source this information personally.
4. This is one of the very rare UK screenwriting courses led by a CURRENT, industry-trusted script editor presently assessing scripts for the top companies and individuals. All courses you read about will claim to be led by "industry professionals", but this one actually is. We are sponsored by Paramount Pictures & The Curtis Brown Group.
5. Finally - it's a harsh truth for many graduates but the industry pays little attention to degree courses in screenwriting. You can easily spend 2 or 3 years of your life and thousands of pounds on something that will ultimately not carry any weight with anyone. It is far smarter  and kinder on your wallet to attend short courses, absorb lots of screenwriting theory, read tons of scripts, and WRITE very, very hard. Degrees don't get you work, your writing does...