Go On Your Own Quest, Week 9: Prep

The 2013 version of The Quest starts Week 9 today. Don’t let this opportunity pass you by because you can Go On Your Own Quest by following the structure of The Quest to dig into screenwriting theory [Core — 8 weeks], figure out your story [Prep — 6 weeks], and write a first draft [Pages — 10 weeks]. It’s a 24-week immersion in the screenwriting process and you can do it here — for free!

Plus you can join The Black Board, the Official Online Writing Community of the Black List and Go Into The Story, another free resource to help keep you inspired and on target at you Go On Your Own Quest from FADE IN to FADE OUT on the first draft of your original screenplay.

For the past eight weeks, we have focused on the Core content of The Quest, delving into eight aspects of the screenwriting craft: Plot, Concept, Character, Style, Dialogue, Scene, Theme, Time. Now we move into six weeks of Prep.

For those of you who plan to Go On Your Own Quest, we began our discussion about prep-writing Monday with this question: What are the key areas you focus on during the prep-writing phase? For the discussion, go here. Tuesday’s question: How many weeks do you spend prepping your story before typing FADE IN? Discussion here. Yesterday’s question: Outline: Yes or no? Discussion here. Today’s question:

* What techniques do you use to develop characters?

On October 21, you can type FADE IN, then over a ten week period write your first draft.

Why not use the structure of this 24-week workshop to Go On Your Own Quest? That was an idea that gathered energy among many members of the GITS community which I described here.

If you’d like to participate in a Prep workshop just like the members of The Quest are doing, you’re in luck. Starting September 23, I’m overseeing the next session of Prep: From Concept To Outline. It’s perhaps the single most popular course we offer through Screenwriting Master Class as it has proven to be hugely successful, enabling writers to break their story, then approach the page-writing part of the process with confidence. You can take this Prep workshop, then have 8 full weeks to write your first draft by the end of the year, more than enough time since you will have a fully fleshed-out outline.

For more information and to enroll, go here.

For more information on Go On Your Own Quest, go here.

Onward!

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