The Academy
THE SCREENWRITING COURSE
Six units, taken in order, from the first idea to a submission packet. Every unit is a set of written lessons with exercises you fill in with your own script open, and one assignment you finish before moving on. It is free, and it never expires.
6 units · 20 lessons about 8 hours of reading
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Unit 1
0/4 lessons · 98 minWhat the story is
Get the premise, the protagonist and the theme saying the same thing.
Unit 2
0/4 lessons · 129 minHow the story moves
Build a spine that keeps escalating instead of stalling at the midpoint.
Unit 3
0/4 lessons · 92 minPeople and what they say
Make characters distinguishable on the page and stop the dialogue explaining itself.
Unit 4
0/4 lessons · 81 minThe page itself
Write description that directs the eye and scenes that end early.
Unit 5
0/4 lessons · 76 minGetting it read
Package the finished script so a stranger opens it.
Unit 6
capstoneThe capstone
Prove the course landed by putting the rewrite back through the room.