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

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, March 11, 2023: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM pacific

Sunday, March 12, 2023: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM pacific

Saturday, March 18, 2023: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM pacific

Sunday, March 19, 2023: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM pacific

Your instructor is Ben Frahm. Ben began his professional career selling the script “Dr. Sensitive” to Universal Studios (with director Tom Shadyac attached) and serving as a story consultant on the critically acclaimed film How to Train Your Dragon for DreamWorks Animation, for which he was given a studio credit. Most recently he optioned a script, “48 Hours in Vegas,” to producer Bobby Cohen at Imagine Entertainment. Ben worked as a story editor and director of development for Blake Snyder and is the founder of the New York City Save the Cat! writing workshops.

Currently teaching at Syracuse University, Ben has developed a class at the Newhouse School called The Writers’ Room, where students write spec screenplays for Hulu, under the development deal of writer, director, and producer Jeremy Garelick at American High. He is also the co-creator of the first ever BIPOC Filmmaking Award at Newhouse and helped cultivate a relationship with the Oscar Micheaux Film Festival in Los Angeles, that honors and celebrates diverse storytelling.

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