IN THIS ISSUE • Spring Classes – Register Now! • Screenwriting Tip • UT Press Publishing Jill’s Book • Alumni News Spring Classes – Register Now! Register ASAP for the best selection and to ensure your choice is not filled or cancelled! Here are our Spring offerings: SCREENWRITING FUNDAMENTALS Learn in 5 weeks everything you […]
IN THIS ISSUE • Breaking Bad‘s Aaron Paul in Alumna’s Film! • Austin Chronicle Reviews Us • Winter Classes – Register Now! • Alumni News Breaking Bad‘s Aaron Paul in Alum’s Film! Juliette Lewis and Breaking Bad‘s Aaron Paul star in program alumna Kat Candler‘s feature film Hellion, which just wrapped production in September! Wow!! […]
IN THIS ISSUE • Alumna is Nicholl Semi-Finalist!! • Special Class – @Austin Film Society 9/28 • New Workshops • Alumni News Alumna is Nicholl Semi-Finalist!! Alumna Hannah Feller’s script War Love has been named a 2013 Nicholl Fellowship Semi-Finalist!! The Nicholl Fellowship is the screenplay competition given by the same organization that does the […]
NEW FEATURE!!! Jill Nutshells . . . Seven Psychopaths As The Screenplay Workshop alumni know, I’m always applying my “Screenplay In A Nutshell” method to movies I see. So I thought I’d share the Nutshell to a recent film in this newsletter. One of the best films of 2012, I thought, was Seven Psychopaths, which […]
Screenwriting Tip: Every story is a version of “be careful what you wish for” At the beginning of a screenplay, usually within the first 10 pages, the protagonist is introduced, and we find out what the protagonist wants. Later, the protagonist will get exactly what she wanted. It may not be the thing she wanted […]
Screenwriting Tip: Description Length = Payoff You don’t want to get too detailed in your scene description. If I read a half-a-page description of a bedroom, it had better turn out to be one important bedroom! In other words, don’t describe anything for any longer than it’s going to pay off for your reader. If […]
New workshops – Tuesdays and Saturdays Winter workshops start in four weeks! Be sure to register ASAP for the best selection and to ensure your choice is not filled or cancelled. Please note that our winter term is the only time of year when we offer Saturday workshops. If you’re interested, you should sign up […]
New Workshops – start August 7 Late summer workshops start Tuesday, August 7, but be sure to register ASAP for the best selection and to ensure your choice is not filled or cancelled. Plus, if you register by Friday, July 7, you can save $15 to $25 off of regular tuition! Here’s are the late […]
Student’s Screenplay Optioned!! The Screenplay Workshop alumna Hannah Feller has had her fantastic action screenplay The Money Flight optioned! Hannah wrote The Money Flight during the Winter 2011 Master Class. Hannah has taken the workshop six times, and she has six screenplays to show for it! She is also in active negotiations with two more […]
FREE Sample Class – Sunday, March 4 Don’t miss your chance to check out The Screenplay Workshop’s acclaimed methods — for free! Led by screenwriter and story consultant (and TSW’s Director) Jill Chamberlain, this short seminar is jam-packed with information including the groundbreaking “Nutshell technique,” a method to get to the guts of your story […]
