Raindance scriptwriting course in Brussels

The Raindance Festival's Elliot Grove will be running his masterclass "Write and Sell the Hot Script" in Brussels on May 3 & 4, 2012. Grove has been running the class for years, and has also produced a good book with the same name (see below). The course is suitable for everyone interested in the entire story process from idea to script to screen.



Day One: The Screenwriting Process

Do you want to write a movie but don't know where to start? Elliot Grove leads you through the bewildering array of story structure and genre theories. Learn how to formulate a realistic plan to write the type of screenplay sought by film script buyers.

• Create interesting, memorable characters
• Devise characters that grow in your script   
• Conflict and tension in a story
• Building great dialogue
• The essential building blocks of a script
• Story structure paradigms
• Setting the social stage to develop dynamic stories

Day Two: The Business Of Screenwriting

You don't get paid for writing a screenplay. You only get paid when you sell it. This is the money day, when you learn how to write what sells, and how to sell what you write.

• Playing the Movie Game and winning as a screenwriter
• Simple, logical and effective marketing
• How professionals market scripts
• Getting producers to read your script
• How to get good coverage.
• Query letters
• The three ways scripts are bought and sold
• How much money can you earn from the sale of your script
• The Ten Thousand Monkeys Theory for writers explained
• Getting an agent
• Realistic career paths

For details, visit Raindance.