Check out this month's course offerings led by Script University's industry experts!

Let Script University show you, step-by-step, how to create an electrifying treatment! We’ve made the anxiety-producing process of treatment writing simple with our ground-breaking approach to the form. By the end of this workshop, you will have a strong treatment and a solid log line for your screenplay that has been vetted by an industry professional.

Each session includes a written lecture detailing the session’s topic. At the end of each session, writing exercises will help you apply and practice the information and insights you've learned. Your instructor will then provide personalized feedback on your assignments.

Course Dates: 8/7/2025 - 8/28/2025

This 12-week course guides students through the process of building a feature film script, starting with an outline and continuing through all the acts of your screenplay. The writing critiques in this course are tailored to develop specific skills needed to succeed as a feature film writer. You will get expert guidance on your writing along the way, and helpful self-tests allow you to reinforce your mastery of the lecture content.

Each session includes a written lecture, a self test to reinforce your learning, creative exercises to take the lesson further, and a writing assignment to turn in for personalized feedback from your instructor.

Course Dates: 08/14/2025 - 11/06/2025

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.

This workshop is a one week intensive. There are three video lectures for you to view over the week, and one writing assignment at the end of the course for your instructor to critique.

Course Dates: 08/21/2025 - 08/28/2025

In this course, you will learn the tools professional screenwriters use to finish high-quality scripts under deadlines. By the end of this course, you will have completed and received professional feedback on a script for your drama pilot.

Each session includes a written lecture, creative exercises to further your learning, and a writing assignment to turn in for personalized feedback from your instructor.

Course Dates: 08/21/2025 - 10/02/2025

This one-week intensive course focuses on the specifics of writing compelling action (description) and dialogue. At the end of this course, your expert instructor, Dave Trottier, will evaluate five pages of your spec script.

Dave Trottier is a produced screenwriter who has helped hundreds of writers break into the writing business. He is an in-demand script consultant, award-winning teacher, and author of The Screenwriter’s Bible (now in its sixth edition), and host of keepwriting.com.

Course Dates: 08/28/2025 - 09/04/2025

A strong series bible is a crucial sales tool for your series. This course will help you get your TV series ready for an executive by developing your series premise, honing your pilot, and writing your series bible.

Each session includes a written lecture, creative exercises to further your learning, and a writing assignment to turn in for personalized feedback from your instructor.

Course Dates: 08/28/2025 - 09/25/2025

In this live webinar with script doctor Cody Smart, we’ll learn tools to develop healthy writing habits to make writing part of your daily routine, so you can finally finish that script – and write many more. 

Each registration comes with access to the archived version of the program and the materials for one year. You do not have to attend the live event to get a recording of the presentation.  Attendees have the ability to chat with the instructor during the live event and ask questions. This webinar is 3 hours.

Course Date and Time:

August 7, 2025

4:00-7:00 PM ET