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.

2012

February

THE ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS' GUIDE TO HOW TO WRITE A SCREENPLAY
Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th February - 10.30am to 4.30pm

You've always dreamed of writing a screenplay.  Now's the time to do it.  In this intensely hands-on course, working with other writers, you'll learn the fundamentals as well as the jargon.  You'll leave with the beat outline of your first screenplay.  

Also suitable for writers who are feeling rusty;  or those who've read the books but can't quite seem to get down to writing the script.

SCREENLAB: EXCITING TREATMENTS
Saturday 25th February 10.30am to 5.30pm

Planning, editing or selling a script? You need a treatment. 

And not just any treatment - you need a treatment that inspires you to write your best, a treatment that clarifies the story beats, one that draws you and your readers into the story and holds them there till the end. 

In this practical and inspiring workshop we’ll set you up to write strong and involving treatments for cinema, TV single and series proposals, using professional analysis and stimulating exercises.

March

THE COMEDY WRITING WEEKEND
Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th March - 10.30am to 4.30pm

A practical, exercise-focussed course covering many aspects of comedy writing. Starting with the building blocks of joke-writing, we'll move to sketch-writing, comedy monologues, topical gags before working on sit-com structure. 

You'll learn the basic skills to make your material funny in any format or medium you're writing for including film, tv, radio, theatre, stand-up or print.  You'll work with other writers in this intensively hands-on weekend.

HERSTORY:  for Women Screenwriters
Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th March - 10.30am to 4.30pm

HERSTORY is a script development workshop designed for women writers.  If you are in the middle of a screenplay and feel stuck, or if you'd like to use this weekend to begin a brand new story, experimenting with ideas which have been floating around in your head for a while, come along and join a network of women writers supporting each other.

Please note:  this course is for women writers, not about female characters so feel free to bring along your scripts and/or ideas featuring an all-male cast.

September

ONE WEEKEND, ONE FEATURE-LENGTH SCRIPT
AN EXTREME screenwriting weekend
Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th September  10.30am to 4.30pm

The sad fact is many great writers spend months, even years, writing scripts which should have been binned at the ideas stage.  So we’ve come up with a programme which will get you on the right track from the very start.

Perhaps an idea’s been floating around in your head for months but you’ve never got around to writing it down.  Perhaps you’ve written a couple of screenplays for which you can’t find interest.  In this extreme and concentrated two-day course you’ll be brainstorming around characters, counter-characters, plots, arcs and goals to sculpt your idea while testing it against rigorous feedback.  You’ll leave with a rough bullet-point outline of your script.

FROM SCRIPT TO SCREEN:  THE CREATIVE PRODUCER'S TOOLBOX FOR ACTUALLY GETTING FILMS MADE
Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th September  10.30am to 4.30pm

Whether you’re seeking funding from an established studio, or setting out to make a micro-budget film, you’ll leave this weekend with a comprehensive game-plan of how to get your Script to Screen.

Euroscript is developing its film production training arm to respond to the wealth of talent needing the tools to progress to the next step.  Intensely hands-on, this weekend course is designed for both writers, producers and directors who want to get their film made.

October

THE SITCOM WEEKEND
Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th October  10.30am to 4.30pm

A successful sitcom is the holy grail for broadcasters. In this intensive weekend you'll develop your own sitcom while you master the machinery of this very distinctive genre to create classic characters, settings and plots.

You can use the carefully constructed exercise on the course to work on ideas you bring with you, or to help you develop completely new material from scratch.

You'll leave the weekend with a portfolio of original, enduring characters; ideas for episodes and further series, and a bullet point first draft of your own sitcom.

November

WRITE A TEN-MINUTE SHORT IN ONE DAY
Saturday 10th November  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.

Intensive, concentrated and hard work, this workshop will drive your characters and plot through brainstorms, exercises and rigorous feedback so that you'll leave with the first draft of a fully-tested idea.