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Jump-Start to Screenwriting: Everything You Need to Know to Write Your First Script

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About Jump-Start to Screenwriting: Everything You Need to Know to Write Your First Script

Welcome to the Class!

Working with your ideas - 5 pillars of every story.

What is Modern Storytelling All About

Audience Involvement is King

Your Character is Not a Real Person

Don’t Spam Your Audience

Bad Things Are Going to Happen to Your Character

He’s Going to Learn His Lesson (or not)

Audience Doesn’t Care if He Gets What he Wants

Best (and free) Software

How Many Turning Points? Structuring With Sequences

Two Forces That Drive Action Forward

Discovering the Meaning of Your Story

Attracting a Producer With Your Logline, Synopsis and Treatment (Class project)

Your Writing Habit

Refining Your Taste

Develop Your Screenwriting Talent Further!

What You Will Learn?

  • Writing a screenplay is easy if you get your basics right - My name is Piotr. I’m an active screenwriter and director, and an academic teacher at Polish National Film School. In this class, I'll share the most important tools of screenwriting, that you should know to write a great first script..
  • This class is a perfect introductory course for someone who wants to write for Film & TV. Also, writers that wrote their first screenplays will find value in systematizing their knowledge..
  • In this course, I’m sharing everything that I found useful while discarding anything that is obsolete. My goal is to give you the practical advice that you can use in actual writing..
  • This class includes:.
  • All these concepts are explained practically with examples from the movies you know..
  • As a script consultant, I try my best to help other writers with their stories. I know how important it is to find your own individual voice. In this course, you’ll also find advice that will help you nurture your talent and develop as a writer..
  • If you have found this class helpful, please check out my other video classes here on Skillshare:.
  • Write your script with free version of CELTX.
  • Learn to Write Powerful Turning Points by Analyzing 'Joker'.
  • Learn to Write Plot Driven Films by Analyzing 'Arrival'.