Developing your screenwriting

About this course

The course examines screenwriting craft through writing exercises, script and clip analysis, group discussion, presentations and peer and tutor feedback. Participants work on story development, plot structure, characterisation, dialogue and script revision, while learning industry-standard formatting. The course also covers how to create an outline or treatment for a feature screenplay or television script. Written work developed during the course includes a short screenplay and an outline for a longer project.

What you'll learn

• Construct an outline or treatment for an original feature screenplay or television script
• Develop more complex characters and dialogue
• Review and revise a screenplay using considerations of story, plot and structure
• Apply standard industry formatting to a script
• Analyse how directors and actors interpret scripts on screen

Is this course right for you?

This intermediate course is intended for learners who have completed an introductory screenwriting course, including City Lit’s Ways into screenwriting. It involves writing, group discussion, script analysis, presentations and peer feedback, with fluent written and spoken English described as vital.

• Previous introductory screenwriting study is expected
• Learners discuss and share written work with tutors and peers
• Fluent written and spoken English is vital

Before you go

• Learners should bring writing materials.