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$650

10 sessions

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6-Week Film Screenplay Workshop

The New York Screenwriter's Lab @ Virtual Classroom

The 6-Week NYSL Film Screenplay Workshop will equip you with fundamental concepts, tools and techniques of screenplay craft, by teaching you how to build your seed idea into a unique and compelling story, and how to best bring out the essence of that story in screenplay form. All while receiving expert feedback from a professional screenwriter at every stage of the journey. By fundamentals we don’t mean what is most basic, but what...

All levels 18 and older

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$650

6 sessions

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6-Week TV Pilot Workshop

The New York Screenwriter's Lab @ Virtual Classroom

The design of the 6-Week NYSL TV Pilot Workshop is to not only help you. develop your script, but to develop you into a truly self-sufficient writer. Rather than serving up a cookie-cutter formula, our goal is to equip you with a solid grasp of the fundamentals of screenwriting, so when you get that next idea for TV show, you won’t need another class. By fundamentals we don’t mean what is most basic, but what is most essential....

All levels 18 and older

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$650

6 sessions

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Pilot II: Finishing the Script

In this workshop, you will complete and/or refine your script. You will also receive feedback on your work EVERY week from the instructor AND the entire group. You will get the high level of personal attention that comes with small class size. You will be surrounded by a group of motivated peers. You will learn how to deal with the challenges that can present themselves at this stage of the writing process such as: Manipulating the pace &...

Intermediate 18 and older

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The LAB

The New York Screenwriter's Lab @ Virtual Classroom

The LAB is an ongoing weekly workshop where people who have taken either a 6-week course or an Intensive can finish their script under the guidance of the instructor and receive feedback from an intimate group of other writers. It’s also a place to rewrite an existing script, workshop an outline, or build out the idea for your next project. Limited to 6 writers, each member of the LAB can submit up to 20 script pages per week (or...

Intermediate 18 and older

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$500

4 sessions

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Film Screenplay Intensive

The New York Screenwriter's Lab @ Virtual Classroom

This course will equip you with the knowledge, tools and techniques you'll need to write a feature length screenplay. Over the course of the workshop, we will explore: How to design captivating, multi-dimensional characters and avoid cliche How to apply the elements of dramatic structure to best bring out the essence of your unique story. How to create strong narrative and emotional drives in your script, and the difference between the two. The...

All levels 18 and older

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$175

2 sessions

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TV Pilot Intensive

The New York Screenwriter's Lab @ Virtual Classroom

The NYSL 2-Part TV Pilot Itensive will give you a comprehensive overview of the structure and elements that combine to create a successful TV show (comedy or drama). Through lecture, exercises an discussion, the topics covered will include: The various structures used in TV. And which structure will best suit the need of your show. How to pack your show with enough conflict to generate multiple seasons worth of fresh-feeling...

All levels 18 and older

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$175

2 sessions