Screenwriting Courses
Screenwriting Courses
SCRIPT X 412.4
Get a guided approach to rewriting your completed script as you assess your draft and identify areas to strengthen and celebrate.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 412.3
Get individualized feedback on your script in progress in this workshop for advanced screenwriting students.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 421.5
Learn what goes into a successful TV pilot as you develop your original idea into a concise pitch document.
Format: In Person
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 415.11
Enhance the scenes in your scripts by focusing on character motivation and how the scene advances the character arc.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: July 22, 2026
SCRIPT X 471.1
Get a comprehensive introduction to the craft of writing and creating comics, regardless of your drawing abilities and prior experience.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 465.10E
Master the rhythmic nature of scenes and the larger narratives in which they live in this course devoted to maximizing the impact of screenwriting story structure.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 415.4
Take a deep dive into putting the best words into your characters’ mouths in this exercise and workshop-based course teaching you to put your best voice forward.
Format: In Person
Next Start Date: June 22, 2026
SCRIPT X 465.6E
Learn how a defined thematic argument is at the heart of every powerful story, and how you can enhance it in your own script.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: August 3, 2026
SCRIPT X 434
Narrative podcasts are immersive, character-driven audio stories that blend cinematic storytelling with the intimacy of sound. In this course, you’ll develop, pitch, and write the first episode…
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 464.9E
Learn to create characters audiences will love and remember in this workshop for beginning and intermediate film and TV writers.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 426.7
Learn to develop a pitch document, which serves as your roadmap for your pilot and series once it is sold.
Format: In Person
Next Start Date: July 18, 2026
SCRIPT X 463.10E
Perfect and focus your ideas before you even put fingers to keyboard in this generative class focused on story development and form.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: July 22, 2026
SCRIPT X 442.1
Learn to write interactive stories and branching narratives that bring our favorite video games to life.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 410.1
Learn how to write a screenplay by developing a compelling story and tackling a feature film script outline in this first course of a four-course sequence.
Format: In Person | Live Online | Online
Next Start Date: June 23, 2026
SCRIPT X 410.2
Building on your outline from the first course in the feature film sequence, continue to learn how to write a screenplay by completing the first act of your film script.
Format: In Person | Live Online | Online
Next Start Date: June 24, 2026
SCRIPT X 410.3
Tackle writing a significant portion of Act II and learn powerful creative techniques in our third course in the screenwriting sequence.
Format: In Person | Live Online | Online
Next Start Date: June 23, 2026
SCRIPT X 410.4
Finish your feature film script and learn revision tactics in our fourth and final basic screenwriting course.
Format: In Person | Live Online | Online
Next Start Date: June 23, 2026
SCRIPT X 411.1
This course puts experienced screenwriters on track to complete a new script in a supportive community of like-minded writers.
Format: Online | Live Online
Next Start Date: June 23, 2026
SCRIPT X 411.2
This course helps experienced screenwriters complete their new script in a collaborative environment.
Format: Live Online | Online
Next Start Date: June 24, 2026
SCRIPT X 411.3
Writers who have completed at least two feature-length screenplays engage in analysis and revision in this rewriting workshop.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT 910.1C
Complete a script from concept to completion, with weeks devoted to professional development and revision practices.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 409
Learn the basics of screenwriting for feature films in this exercise-based workshop for absolute beginners.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: April 27, 2026
SCRIPT X 410.5
Learn to rewrite your first draft feature film screenplay, enhancing story, structure, plot, scenes, characters, dialogue, and more.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: June 27, 2026
SCRIPT X 464.3E
Position yourself for success by learning and incorporating professional script formatting into your work.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: May 4, 2026
SCRIPT X 412.6
Complete the first draft of a feature film screenplay in 11 weeks in this course for experienced, motivated, and ambitious screenwriters.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: June 24, 2026
SCRIPT X 401
Craft and tinker with your story from a high-level point of view in this workshop teaching you the basics of screen story for beginners.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: April 29, 2026
SCRIPT X 421.1
Learn how to construct a story and write a script outline for an existing half-hour series in this introductory TV writing course.
Format: In Person | Online | Live Online
Next Start Date: June 22, 2026
SCRIPT X 421.2
Go from outline to the first draft script of a half-hour series, mirroring the professional TV writer's room environment.
Format: In Person | Online
Next Start Date: June 22, 2026
SCRIPT X 464.11E
Learn how masterful screenwriters put realistic words into their characters’ mouths in this course dedicated to the art and craft of dialogue.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 425.4
Use improv exercises and techniques to enhance your comedy writing in this workshop for writers focusing on writing sitcoms.
Format: In Person
Next Start Date: June 25, 2026
SCRIPT 726.24
Learn about the critical function of the showrunner, the lead producer/writer on a television series.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: August 22, 2026
SCRIPT X 400
Get a crash course on various aspects of writing for silver screens, TV screens, web video, audio podcasts, and/or comics in this high-level overview of what each genre offers writers.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: April 21, 2026
(May still be accepting enrollments)
SCRIPT X 428.1
Learn the fine art of writing comedy sketches and late night talk show bits
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 421.3
Learn how to construct a story and write a script outline for an existing one-hour series in this introductory TV writing course.
Format: In Person | Live Online
Next Start Date: June 23, 2026
SCRIPT X 421.4
Go from outline to the first draft script of a one-hour series, mirroring the professional TV writer's room environment.
Format: In Person | Online | Live Online
Next Start Date: June 22, 2026
SCRIPT X 422.5
Develop the world, characters, tone, and story engine for an original TV series before developing an outline and your script's beginning pages.
Format: In Person | Live Online
Next Start Date: June 24, 2026
SCRIPT X 422.6
Turn your TV pilot outline into a complete script with a vivid storyworld with complex characters.
Format: In Person | Live Online
Next Start Date: June 23, 2026
SCRIPT X 422.11
Learn basic rewriting skills as you review your initial draft for opportunities to expand, deepen, and enrich your TV script.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: June 24, 2026
SCRIPT X 423.10
Rewrite your television pilot script with a showrunner's production perspective in this intensive workshop for advanced students.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 463.3E
Learn the techniques of character-driven storytelling using theatrical methods in this workshop, focusing on the most in-demand skills for today's feature and TV writers.
Format: In Person | Live Online
Next Start Date: June 23, 2026
SCRIPT 700
Join a critique-free group to keep you on track to reach your writing goals while learning new tools and best practices for getting words on the page.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 425.5
Explore the history of televised storytelling by watching and breaking current shows, developing knowledge to help you craft your own innovative series
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: June 27, 2026
SCRIPT X 465.8E
Learn to write a 5 to 7-minute stand-up routine in this course guiding you through the history of stand-up from past to present.
Format: In Person
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 469.1E
Get insider tips on how to identify the best managers and agents who can take your career to the next level.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: April 29, 2026
SCRIPT X 463.12E
Build a pitch for a limited series based on your study and understanding of successful limited series.
Format: In Person
Next Start Date: June 23, 2026
SCRIPT 920.1C
Complete a Television Certificate as you develop two original pilots, with weeks devoted to professional development and revision practices.
Next Start Date: TBA
SCRIPT X 420.1
Learn the basics of writing for television in this exercise-based workshop for absolute beginners.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: April 30, 2026
SCRIPT X 465.3E
Take a deep dive into the global approach to horror narratives in this generative workshop for screenwriters.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: June 27, 2026
SCRIPT X 464.5E
Create dynamic, richly drawn characters audiences will love in this practical workshop for writers looking for an edge.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: June 25, 2026
SCRIPT 726.23
Learn how aspiring writers can learn from developing script coverage--and why AI can never replace the insight of a human reader.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: May 2, 2026
SCRIPT X 462.1E
Get an overview of the entire animation script writing process from concept to completion.
Format: In Person
Next Start Date: April 16, 2026
(May still be accepting enrollments)
SCRIPT X 416.3E
Learn how studios review and approve screenplays as you get hands-on experience in the critical art of writing coverage on scripts.
Format: Online
Next Start Date: June 24, 2026
SCRIPT X 465.7E
Learn what makes a good adaptation for film or television as well as creative and practical methods for this unique and specific undertaking.
Format: Live Online
Next Start Date: June 24, 2026