Now is your chance to study “theme” & screenwriting

I am in the process of finishing up six lectures for a new Screenwriting Master Class course called Core VII: Theme. It’s exciting material because everything I’ve ever read on the subject of theme in terms of screenwriting has felt either confusing or impractical.

What does theme mean? How should we understand it? How can we use it in our writing?

The ironic thing is theme is incredibly important:

* Important in helping us find the focus of our story.

* Important in mining the story’s emotional and psychological depth.

* Important in elevating the impact of the events that transpire in our story.

Here are the six lecture titles:

Lecture 1: What is theme?

Lecture 2: Theme as expansion

Lecture 3: Theme as focus

Lecture 4: Theme through talismans

Lecture 5: Theme through motifs

Lecture 6: Theme through moments

As I say, I’m excited about this content as I believe it presents a comprehensive, coherent and workable approach to this rather confounding subject.

In addition to the lectures, participants will have the opportunity to workshop thematic content in an original story of their own choosing. Plus two teleconferences in which we will discuss the course content, participants’ stories and screenwriting in general.

Core VII: Theme is a 2-week online class and begins Monday, September 19.

For more information, go here.

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