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Two Words You Must Never Use In Treatments

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Charles Harris

Treatments can be tough - there's a whole new way of writing to learn. They work totally differently from screenplays.

You need to know that there's two words that you must avoid at all costs. Using these two words together almost guarantees to sabotage anything that's any good in your treatment and send it straight into the bin.

And these two words are...

... wait for it...

...and then...

Treatments have to flow. And the best way to slow the flow is ...and then...The one thing they absolutely must not do is list everything that takes place in the script. They are not a contract or a check list. They are there to give an impression of the movie or TV show - no more - to a potential buyer or to yourself, the writer, as part of the development process.

So, your job is to create the most flowing, readable, evocative prose that you can. Never, ever, go: X and then Y and then Z... It's the fastest recipe I know to send your reader to sleep. And your treatment into the void.

Use words that add flow and style. Words and phrases like meanwhile, moreover, on the other hand, to his surprise, to her excitement...

Becoming A Better Writer

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Treatment and script writing techniques are the opposite of each other. But that doesn't mean you can't learn both. In fact, I've discovered that good script writers become better script writers when they learn to write top quality treatments.

There are a dozen other key concepts you need to know for writing successful treatments of any length and you can learn them all in a workshop on February 19

Including:

The role of outlines in script development and marketing
The requirements of a successful treatment
Choice of vocabulary, language patterns and structures
The traps that treatment writers must avoid
Nine vital steps towards writing an exciting treatment
Using story sentence, inner story, character constellation
The step outline
The masterscene treatment

Exciting Treatments - book now

This highly acclaimed day workshop will teach you how to write a strong and involving cinema, TV single or series treatment.

You'll receive personal feedback and leave with the foundations of a readable, exciting, attractive treatment that does full justice to the story or series that you want to create.

A detailed information pack including full copies of professional treatments and synopses is included in the course fee - click here to book now.

Charles Harris is an experienced award-winning writer-director for cinema and TV. He sold his first script for production in Hollywood and has since worked with top names in the industry from James Stewart to Spike Milligan, Ricky Tomlinson and Alexei Sayle. As script consultant, he has helped professional writers from Britain, Europe and USA, sat on BAFTA awards juries and lectured on MA courses at London University and London Film School.

Quotes from previous participants:

Brilliant! - LS

Very condensed. Full of good information and tips from an experienced tutor. Encouraging. - MS

I recommend it to anyone dealing with narrative. Very liberating and dynamic. - TJ

VENUE
Room 104
Clore Management Centre
London University
Torrington Square
London WC1E 7HX
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DATE
Saturday 19th February 2011
Registration: 10.15am
Workshop: 10.30am to 5.30pm
With break for lunch

PRICE
£85 (concessions £75)
On this course we are offering the concessionary rate to members of WGGB, WFTV, DGGB, Twelvepoint and Writernet.

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