Choosing the right idea for you script is a challenge– not only determining which ideas will draw an audience, but finding one you're willing to stick with through month, even years, of writing.
The heart of every story is the theme, but the log line is how you pitch it and the title is how people remember it. Learn how to develop an effective title, theme, and log line for your story.
Now that your story has been outlined, you can move onto the first draft. In this lesson, you'll learn techniques for expanding your story into an engaging screenplay.
With your screenplay completed, you have to interact with producers, agents, and amanagers. In this lesson, you'll learn how to manage feedback, protext yoru screenplay, and improve your craft.
Emmy-winning Writer, Steve Skrovan takes you inside the writer's room to learn the politics, challenges, and techniques of the collaborative writing process.
In this first of 6 training modules, learn the basics of script formatting and how you can use Final Draft software to begin formatting your screenplay, including scene headers, action lines, dialogue, parentheticals, dual dialogue, and transitions.
In this second of 6 training modules, learn how to use existing templates to format your Final Draft script into hundreds of popular formats including sitcoms, hour-long dramas, SNL skits, multi-camera shows, Broadway musicals, and novels.
In this third of 6 training modules, learn how to throw away the old note card and use Final Draft's story organizing capabilities to organize your scenes, characters, and dialogue in an efficient way.
In this fourth of 6 training modules, learn how to export and distribute your script through Final Draft for both physical and electronic delivery, prepare your script for table reads, water mark, and learn about Final Draft on mobile devices.
In this last of 6 training modules, learn how to use Final Draft to manage script changes and revisions, how to lock pages, manage scene numbers, scene omissions and additions, and export reports that quickly analyze your script for production.
