LEARNING UNIT 4 Dramatic conflict, actions and character motivations; turning points, the mid-point crisis, Aristotle’s Poetics and the three-act story structure Assignment 6: Re-write a scene with two characters, including-EXT/INT, LOCATION, and TIME indicated at the top of scenes-three pages. Print your work in progress, as you wish, so we can…

LEARNING UNIT 3: Visualization of Process and Interaction

LEARNING UNIT 2 Improvisation, treatments, outlines, and the writing of scenes Assignment 4: Write a scene with your main character interacting in a conversation with someone else in three pages or less. Integrate dramatic conflict in their dialogue. Give each character an objective. Embed dramatic conflict in the dialogue. We must…

LEARNING UNIT 1 The big picture: Building a screenplay It’s time for you to determine the best step forward as you begin your journey through the land of screenplay writing. Assignment 1: Write an essay of any length to clarify your purpose-what do you want to do, say, and realize? What…