This 4-month generative screenwriting class will focus on writing new material for those working toward a TV show, web series, adaptation, short film, or feature script. This class is open to both narrative and documentary filmmakers.
The class starts on February 4, 2026, Wednesday, and will meet every other week until May 27, 2026, Wednesday from 4-6:30pm PT / 7-9:30pm ET.
Have you been yearning for a place to write your own screenplay, to dive into TV and film? Drawing on experience in both Hollywood and Indie filmmaking, this class will approach screenwriting through analyzing structure, dialogue, and image in filmmaking. We will look at the unique form of screenwriting, and how we can draw on other genres to influence our unique filmmaking voice, as well as what it means to adapt existing literary IP (both our own and others). We will examine poetic filmmaking, looking critically at the ways that lyric is used to enhance film, as well as looking at more commercial approaches to storytelling. We will examine the difference between structures of TV vs. feature writing, as well as short films and web series. We will also look at documentary films and hybrid films, considering the ethics of what happens when we merge out of the fictional space. This class will be generative—if you have been sitting on an idea for a film, web series, short film, or TV show and need structure and discipline to anchor you, this class is perfect for you. We will be discussing the business of filmmaking, what it means to break into the film industry, and also be able to share the work that we are generating in class with each other in workshop settings.
We’ll start the semester with our intentions, creating individual plans per student—what project are you working on, what are the filmmakers who map your artistic lineage, what is your natural writing process? Midway through the class we’ll assess again—what themes do you notice are coming up in your work? What is the well within you? What surprises you? What do you notice about the project that you’ve embarked on? At the end, we’ll do a final assessment of the project and work that has been generated over the course of the class.
You can read testimonials from previous students here. If you’re interested in a critique-based workshop, there’s more about the fall term here; if you’re interested in both, you can learn more here.
This 4-month generative screenwriting class will focus on writing new material for those working toward a TV show, web series, adaptation, short film, or feature script. This class is open to both narrative and documentary filmmakers.
The class starts on February 4, 2026, Wednesday, and will meet every other week until May 27, 2026, Wednesday from 4-6:30pm PT / 7-9:30pm ET.
Have you been yearning for a place to write your own screenplay, to dive into TV and film? Drawing on experience in both Hollywood and Indie filmmaking, this class will approach screenwriting through analyzing structure, dialogue, and image in filmmaking. We will look at the unique form of screenwriting, and how we can draw on other genres to influence our unique filmmaking voice, as well as what it means to adapt existing literary IP (both our own and others). We will examine poetic filmmaking, looking critically at the ways that lyric is used to enhance film, as well as looking at more commercial approaches to storytelling. We will examine the difference between structures of TV vs. feature writing, as well as short films and web series. We will also look at documentary films and hybrid films, considering the ethics of what happens when we merge out of the fictional space. This class will be generative—if you have been sitting on an idea for a film, web series, short film, or TV show and need structure and discipline to anchor you, this class is perfect for you. We will be discussing the business of filmmaking, what it means to break into the film industry, and also be able to share the work that we are generating in class with each other in workshop settings.
We’ll start the semester with our intentions, creating individual plans per student—what project are you working on, what are the filmmakers who map your artistic lineage, what is your natural writing process? Midway through the class we’ll assess again—what themes do you notice are coming up in your work? What is the well within you? What surprises you? What do you notice about the project that you’ve embarked on? At the end, we’ll do a final assessment of the project and work that has been generated over the course of the class.
You can read testimonials from previous students here. If you’re interested in a critique-based workshop, there’s more about the fall term here; if you’re interested in both, you can learn more here.
