The Screenwriting Sequence leads students from a raw idea through to a completed screenplay draft over a six-month period. Find Your Story and Level I: Launch Your Screenplay welcome writers new to the screenwriting craft as well as writers accomplished in other forms who want an introduction to screenwriting. Level II: the Challenge of the Second Act and Level III: Complete the Journey are writers’ workshops that offer in-depth critiques and group support for the script development process. Take one or all four classes and complete a draft of a screenplay.

Level I: Launch Your Screenplay introduces the art of storytelling for the screen through lecture, discussion, film clips, writing exercises and workshops. Over 8 weekly sessions, learn and practice the basic elements of the craft—plot, theme, character development, dialogue and escalating conflict—en route to crafting the first act of your screenplay. This course prepares you for Level II: The Challenge of the Second Act (on sale December 1).