Start with an idea and finish with the 15 beats of your story in this live writing workshop.

In this live Zoom workshop with 4 sessions over 2 weeks, you’ll learn the essentials of developing a compelling film or novel, along with your pitch—based on the Save the Cat!® methodology.

A MAXIMUM OF 8 STUDENTS MEANS YOU WILL BE GUIDED BY THE INSTRUCTOR STEP-BY-STEP, BEAT-BY-BEAT.

This class is for all storytellers, no matter your medium. The beats will apply whether you write for the screen or the page.

4 Zoom sessions, each 2.5 hours in length:

Saturday, May 11, 2024: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM pacific

Sunday, May 12, 2024: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM pacific

Saturday, May 18, 2024: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM pacific

Sunday, May 19, 2043: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM pacific

Your instructor is John Yearley. John is a screenwriter, TV writer, and playwright. He teaches screenwriting at Drexel University in Philadelphia and TV Writing at the Barrow Group in NY. He worked as a script doctor for New Line Cinema, and has written for the shows Arthur and Treasure Trekkers. As a playwright he has won the Mickey Kaplan New American Play Prize for Ephemera, the John Gassner Award for Leap, and the Macy’s New Play Prize for Young Audiences for The Last Wish.

As low as $36/month with Affirm – See in cart.