4/24/2013

Taking A Screenplay Workshop Is Smart

By Patty Summers


Taking a screenplay workshop will really help you hone your skills. It can be very rewarding to improve your skills. If you get your thoughts out, it is therapeutic. You could use your characters to do this, too. Writer and reader will improve with getting your own thoughts out and then making them into characters.

Learning how to write a script is not easy. It is complicated and hard to understand. There is a formula given for it and it is good to follow it generally no matter what topic you write about. There are millions of topics to write about. Try not to sway too much from this formula while you are a beginner unless you feel you can handle it.

Make a list of topics that you would like to write about. There is so much out there that is interesting. Religion and politics which are usually taboo topics are interesting to put into a script as well as social issues like inequality. Poverty is a big issue and putting a protagonist in that position is not hard at all and can be quite rewarding to draw attention to these issues.

Going to a class or workshop can really help you improve in a short period of time. Usually they are about ten weeks in length and you go once a week. Share your work with others and hear their work, too. Feedback is really important to improvement. Enjoy the fellowship of this back-and-forth with other people.

Many writers have been challenged by selling their work. It can be quite challenging, but with some tenacity and improvement of your skills, a sale should come about. Do not get discouraged. Try to get your work in the right hands in order to sell it. You could sell your work for quite a lot of money.

The Internet has a host of places to learn about improvement of writing skills. You could pay online or send them a money order. The class may also be offered online as well. It may be a synchronous class or a class in which you can attend whenever you want. Just log into the class whenever you want and then do your assignments.

Synchronous learning requires all the students to be online at the same time. The teacher will be there taking role. This is like regular class in college or high school. Asynchronous will not require the same timing. This is for people who work various hours and do not have the flexibility to be there at the designated time. Decide which category you fit into and enroll accordingly.

Taking a screenplay workshop is a wise idea for your future of writing. It can be very rewarding and exhilarating to learn new skills. Practice, practice, practice and then practice some more. Never give up in your dreams which is important. Get feedback from the people in the workshop and also give them some feedback.




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