Visual Approach to Screenwriting and Dramatic Storytelling

A comprehensive and unique visual approach on how to create professional level screenplays taught by an award-winning writer of hit television series and movies. Turn your idea into a screenplay that can actually sell. Unlike other courses that focus on inspiration, outlines, selling, etc.

, this course focuses on actual screenplay writing and how to go about it. The course includes:Introduction to the course and the Visual Approach and how it can help you write a better screenplay. Industry concepts writers need to know, like High Concept, the Pitch, and the Logline.

How to write the Slug Line and the Action paragraph (two of the three primary physical components of a screenplay). The Do's and Don'ts of writing dialogue that really works, including the concept of the "Three Texts. " Hooking the audience: How to write the Setup and the Opening Shot.

How to write Exposition that isn't boring, including "Three Basic Rules of Exposition," plus ten methods of exposition. How to write scenes and transitions, including basic rules, tips and how to avoid the pitfalls, plus how to do scene transitions. Creating and sustaining Suspense, including the "Basic Rule of Suspense," Alfred Hitchcock's approach to suspense, and how to create and sustain suspense.