Story Stew University

Just because we can write books doesn’t mean we can write screenplays. Based on my popular 8 part newsletter article Is That Hollywood Calling? is a quick and dirty month long course on the differences between writing books and writing scripts. And how writing a screenplay can help improve your novel writing.

Topics covered:

Introduction
The Basics of Screenwriting (assignment)
Show don’t tell (assignment)
The polish (assignment)
Queries (assignment)
Contests
Meetings/pitches/conferences (assignment)
After you sell
Do’s and don’ts list
Resource list
Recommended reading list

Feedback provided for student assignments

$30.00

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Instructor: Cindy Carroll joined RWA in 1992 and started out writing novels but turned to scripts when an idea for one of her favorite television shows wouldn’t leave her alone. That first attempt, and her second teleplay for the same show, garnered her honorable mention in the Writer’s Digest 76th Annual Writing Competition in the screenplay category. She graduated from Hal Croasmun’s screenwriting ProSeries intensive in June of 2008. Her interview with David Rambo, writer/producer for CSI appeared in the summer special edition of The Rewrit, the newsletter for Scriptscene, Romance Writers of America’s screenwriting chapter. Currently working on the rewrite of her second feature, Cindy is also developing two new television pilots.