How to develop your writing style

Knowing the ins-and-outs of script format is one thing, developing your own approach to writing style is quite another. Beginning next Monday, September 10, I will be teaching Core IV: Style, a 1-week online screenwriting class in which you will learn key principles related to style that not only empower you to craft scripts that satisfy the standards of any professional reader, but also put you on the road to cultivating your own unique voice as a writer.

The essential screenwriting principle at the foundation of this class: Style = Voice. The six lectures cover elements of screenwriting style, narrative voice, psychological writing, imagematic writing, and action writing.

You will have the opportunity to workshop your writing, testing out principles in the class on your own scenes.

In addition we will have a 75–90 minute teleconference to discuss the course content and anything screenwriting related.

Plus I have corralled Max Millimeter to do another round of Log-A-Palooza, where you workshop loglines, then submit one to Max for his unique feedback.

A script written with flair and style is such a pleasure to read, and can go a long way in determining its success. So go here and sign up now.

And for those of you who submitted a logline for The Quest back in May and who have yet to claim your free Core or Craft class, I will enroll the first 5 people who email me. If you would prefer to receive the lectures instead, let me know.

Join me next week and take your writing style to the next level!

NOTE: My newest 1-week class Create A Worthy Nemesis starts today. Sign up here.

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