Our screenwriting courses are all run by experienced professionals working in the film and TV industry.
Click on individual courses below for full details including venues. You may book and pay online from this website. We offer concessionary prices to members of a number of organisations. Check each individual workshop for the concessions which apply.
Some organisations offer bursaries to writers wishing to attend courses. Click here to find out more.
March
WE REGRET THIS COURSE IS SOLD OUT. We are running it again 19th/20th June.
The Absolute Beginners' Guide to How to Write a Screenplay
Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 March
10.30am to 4.30pm
Tutor: Fenella Greenfield
This course is designed for people who write for other media, who have never written anything before or who work in the film business and would like to begin writing their first ever film script.
NEW COURSE: Writing Low Budget Film and TV
Saturday 20 March
10.30am to 5.30pm
Tutor: Charles Harris
There is a greater demand than ever for scripts that work really well at low budget level both for cinema and for TV. In this one-day workshop, you will learn how to develop scripts that work to maximum effect with minimum money and become a much more powerful - and employable - writer as a result.
May
An EXTREME scriptwriting workshop
Write a ten-minute Short in one day
Sunday 16 May 10.30am to 4.30pm
Writing a feature-length script and getting it made can take years. So while you're waiting for your producer to call you back, take some time out to write a ten-minute short in a day. Not only will you derive an enormous sense of achievement from having actually finished something; you'll have something to put into festivals while you're waiting for your big break.
June
PLYMOUTH: The Comedy Writing Weekend
Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 June 10.30 to 5pm
In this weekend workshop you'll participate in intensive, practical exercises that are designed todevelop the basic skills you need to make your material funny in any format or medium you're writing for: film, television, radio, theatre, stand-up, or print.
