Screenwriting: From Idea to Screenplay
Course Bundle
You’ve got a great idea for a movie. Now, it’s time to start writing that script. In this sequence of courses, you will learn a set of tools and go from idea to outline to completing a first draft of your original screenplay (<120 pages).
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Screenwriting: Core Elements
Learn the core elements of writing a screenplay for a feature film, with an accomplished screenwriter as your guide. In this self-paced course, you will develop a new script idea into an outline that can be used to write your first draft.
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Screenwriting: From Outline to First Draft of Your Screenplay
You’ve got a great idea for a movie and fleshed out an outline for your screenplay. Now, it’s time to start writing that script that gets past gatekeepers and grabs your reader’s attention — whether it’s an assistant, an agent, an executive, a financier, or the talent you want on screen. In this course you will move from outline to completing a first draft of your screenplay (90-120 pages).
Upcoming Sessions
July 2025
July 7 – October 19
Trey Ellis's lectures are awesome, and the feedback from the homework is really motivating.
—Santosh D., Kathmandu, Nepal