1st Edition

The Screenwriter’s Workshop Creative Exploration Through Meaningful Critique

By J. Mira Kopell Copyright 2024
226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

Through a series of carefully designed writing workshops, this book guides the screenwriter through the messy creativity of screenwriting. 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,... Read more

1. A Workshop Focused on Creative Development  2. Principles of an Effective Workshop  Session 1. The One-Pager: Connect to Key Elements of Your Story  Session 2. The Initial Outline: Find Your Story's Engine in Plot and Character  Session 3. The Structure-Focused Outline: Support Your Story  Session 4. The Opening: Transition From Outline to Script  Session 5. Scene Work: Listen to Your Muses  Epilogue  Appendix A: The Script Library  Appendix B: Examples of the One-Pager  Appendix C: Examples of the Three Page Outine

Biography

J. Mira Kopell is an award-winning filmmaker and lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley. She has taught screenwriting and digital production for over 20 years, with many of her students establishing professional careers in screenwriting. Kopell has sold screenplays to HBO and independent film producers, and has been a script evaluator for the American Film Institute and the National Endowment for the Arts. She received her MFA in Film Production at New York University and is a member of the Writers Guild of America East.