Script University April 2025 Courses and Live Events
Check out this month’s course offerings led by Script University’s industry experts!
Check out this month’s course offerings led by Script University’s industry experts!
Script University has joined Writer's Digest University to create one-stop for all your writing needs! You'll find the same expert-taught courses and brand-new monthly webinars along with on demand content. Get started on your screenplay, prepare for competitions, learn how to become a professional script reader, and much more.
Check out this month's course offerings led by Script University's industry experts!
LIVE EVENTS
April 10
How Comedy Works with David Misch
There are lots of classes about writing funny; this one is about what funny is – its mechanics, its principles. And while comedy people certainly vary in their ability to articulate those principles, they all take them seriously and refer to them constantly (“Call-back’s too soon”; “Set-up’s got too many words”).
This webinar has no direct instruction but rather takes a deep dive into the comedy principles which are, in fact, the basic principles of every art form: tension and resolution, pattern disruption, misdirection and surprise. And we’ll see how these principles achieve their effects by looking at examples ranging from Buster Keaton to Richard Pryor to Amy Schumer.
COURSES
April 3
Beginning Television Writing with William Rabkin
In this four-week course, an established executive producer/showrunner will give you an inside look at the world of dramatic, episodic television. You will explore—and practice—the actual process involved in successfully writing a spec episodic script that will open doors across Hollywood.
April 10
Your Creative Journey with Dave Trottier
Join long-time favorite instructor Dave Trottier to discover and develop your writing creativity in just three weeks! You'll tackle blocks, block fears, and liberate your inner writer. Best of all, you'll have loads of fun as you embark on your creative journey! This course will help you achieve higher levels of creativity leading you to excellence in your writing.
Prepping Your Screenplay to Win Competitions Intensive with Rebecca Norris Resnick
Winning or placing in a screenplay competition is a great way to propel your writing career forward. Since the major writing competitions all receive thousands of entries, it’s crucial to make yours stand out.
Many contests hire readers (script analysts) to first score the submissions and they choose which ones will advance to the judges. This course will teach you specific ways to drastically increase the readability of your pages, make your dialogue and description sing, and improve the clarity and structure of your script so you can have a better shot at advancing to the next round. You’ll also learn common pitfalls to sidestep that will help your chances of success. Finally, you’ll be introduced to which writing competitions are most beneficial to enter, and other resources to make the most of each contest season.
April 17
Scriptreading Certificate Program with Brian O'Malley
This course will show you, step-by-step, how to write script coverage. We will cover key elements of screenwriting coverage, including writing a synopsis, analyzing a script, writing an evaluation, script formatting, and finding work as a reader. Whether you want to become a script reader, a story analyst, or just want to polish up your own script, a solid understanding of format and script structure will be essential. Writers put on a different hat after a script is written: revising a script is a different skill set than creating one.
April 24
Screenwriting: Give your Script a Solid Foundation with Donald H. Hewitt
Have an amazing idea for a movie, but don’t know how to begin writing it? Get your screenplay on the track to success with the Fundamentals of Screenwriting online course. This four-week class is the perfect introduction to the fantastic world of writing a script, from the fundamentals of the story down to the revision process. In this course, you will gain the tools to structure your scenes, your acts, and your plots.
At each step, you will receive comprehensive feedback on assignments targeted to develop the skills you need to thrive as a screenwriter.
Geared for the writer on a tight schedule, Fundamentals of Screenwriting will have you well on your way to a screenplay in just four short weeks.
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