Screenwriter's Workshop

<p>Through a series of carefully designed writing workshops this book guides the screenwriter through the messy creativity of screenwriting.</p><p>Drawing on over 20 years' experience facilitating screenwriting workshops author J. Mira Kopell provides readers with a path to screenwriting that makes space for reflection critique and exploration. Structured around five specific writing assignments each assignment supports the writer forward incrementally by focusing on a specific set of craft elements needed to then move them on to the next. A key value of the assignments is that they are not exercises but steps in the development of the writer's own screenplay. </p><p>By using this book readers can both receive meaningful feedback on their own project and learn to give insightful focused critiques of their fellow writer's work. Rather than offering craft as a to-do list that promises successful scripts this book reimagines craft as tools not rules empowering a writer to let their unique story dictate choices in order to support their work and honor their own voice.</p><p>This book is ideal for students and lecturers of screenwriting groups of writers looking to form their own workshops and aspiring professionals wanting to develop their craft.</p>