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“The best way to learn anything is to DO it,” says instructor Kate Montgomery. “In this daylong boot camp, you’ll get the chance to throw yourself into the mix, to pick up screenwriting basics and apply them right away, and to create characters and stories for the screen in a lively and encouraging environment.”
With an interactive mix of lecture/discussion, improv, group and individual writing exercises, and course materials you can keep to reference later, you’ll learn how to pull a story out of the air and build it into a viable three or five acts. You’ll learn how to “beat a story,” how to “punch up a comedy” and experience the fun of “spit-balling” in a “writer’s room” to brainstorm story ideas and solutions across the genre.
“Whether you want to write a major motion picture or the next hit series, screenwriting takes commitment and discipline,” says Kate. “This one-day intensive will give you the tools and strategies to create a screenplay and to have fun throughout the whole process.”
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- Saturday, August 4, 10:00am-4:00pm
Kate Montgomery was not only warm and inviting, she was 100% prepared, providing stacks of carefully considered handouts while also maintaining a flexibility to follow the rhythm of our group. Her knowledge in the field was undeniable and her enthusiasm for discussing and dissecting students' ideas was balanced by honest notes and critiques. I hope to be signing up for another class of hers soon.
It was a wonderful class! Kate really helped us understand the structure of a screenplay and had great tips on how to get the creative process of writing started. I’d love to be able to take a continuation of the course at some point . . . Thanks for the great experience!
Now, this may sound like a cliche, but Kate inspired me to make time in my life for what I really want to do: write stories. And that’s hard, I’m a cynical Eastern European, hard to impress and convince. But now I’m going to spend a couple of hours each week to write something down, and if she’ll invite me I’ll go to all her events and workshops, pitch my story ideas, and do my best to create amazing work. She is incredibly charismatic, and it feels great to be around her. But the whole inspiration part is what makes her a standout teacher.
Kate is terrific. Her passion and energy for her art is clear. She was anecdotal, forthright, engaging, and informative. She drew us out of our writerly shells and had us creating on demand. It was fun. While the interactive screenplay activity engaged us, it also taught me some new tricks. When I take away something from a workshop, and put it into my writer’s toolkit — it’s a win-win for me.