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TAKING THE PLUNGE: How to dive in to your first draft
Having trouble getting started on your script?
In this 90 minute seminar celebrating the release of his book The Screenwriting Sensei, Writer/Producer/Author/Educator Paul Chitlik will kick your writing into overdrive.
- He’ll talk about the three ways to get into your story.
- You’ll learn how to craft your main characters.
- And he’ll reveal the basic structure of scenes and film scripts.
Then, you will be ready to write!
He received a Writers Guild of America award nomination for his work on The Twilight Zone in the 80's, was a staff writer on the Showtime sitcom Brothers, directed and produced on Real Stories of the Highway Patrol and US Customs Classified, as well as writing, directing and producing feature film The Wedding Dress for Amazon Prime. Among many other credits.
As a screenwriting professor, he has taught in the MFA programs at UCLA, the University of Barcelona's film school ESCAC, Cuba's film school EICTV, and was an associate professor at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
Paul is the author of Rewrite: A step by step guide to strengthen structure, characters and drama in your screenplay as well as 39 Steps to Better Screenwriting: A practical guide to improving your Screenplay.
This short seminar with kick your writing into overdrive.
What you will learn in 90 minutes:
1. How to prepare yourself to begin.
2. What the definition of story is.
3. The three ways to get into your story.
4. What your story is really about (premise).
5. How to understand your characters.
6. The basic structure of Hollywood screenplays.
7. The basic structure of a scene.
8. What to do next.
What you will create:
1. The basic premise (theme) of your movie.
2. The beginnings of character sketches of your main characters.
3. The basic outline of your movie.
4. The confidence to start any project.
-- Adrienne P.
Thank you. Very informative and easy to follow. Purchased the book and excited to dig in.
-- Tolan F.
-- Robert W.
Very informative in a structured, understandable way!
-- Thomas J.
-- Alexis C.
Excellent sharing of valuable info. Very nice manner of working out technical glitches. Thanks for help. Happy to add "..the Plunge" to my library
-- Davida L.