Screenplay or Novel? Understanding Your Idea’s Potential

Writers have ideas all the time. Hopefully. Some of them we actually want to pursue, and commit to putting in hours and hours and hours of work to bring to life. But before we do all that, how do we figure out if the idea in our head would work better as a screenplay or a novel? Why does that even matter in today’s world of books and films becoming almost interchangeable?

It turns out it matters a lot. Not having that internal conversation with yourself, or an external conversation with friends or industry people could mean you are about to waste a lot of valuable time creating something that doesn’t quite fit where you hope it will.

Tim Schildberger is a screenwriter, script coach and screenplay competition founder who has read many scripts he wishes were novels. This webinar will give Tim the chance to explain why thinking about your idea in these terms is important, how you go about figuring out the answer to this question, and tips for bringing your potentially amazing idea to life. Along the way, this webinar will help you understand your own writing passions, interests and skills in more specific detail which will enable you to truly maximize your strengths. At the end of the day, it’s not about writing the ‘best’ screenplay or novel, it’s about writing a project that showcases the best of your unique writing abilities. 

This live webinar will be interactive, with plenty of time for questions and answers.