Check Out Our Lineup of Courses for August ⏩

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Feature Film Writing, Competitions Intensive + more!

Script Online | The Writer's Store | Online Education Whether you're completely new to writing screenplays or you're an experienced screenwriter looking to add a new skill, Script University has a course for you - all from the comfort of your home! Click here to view the full course schedule and to sign up now. Courses Starting in August August 6 - September 3, 2026   Learn More Writing the Series Bible: Developing Your TV Series With Lynn Grant Beck It usually goes like this: the pilot is all that network execs are really interested in at first. That's because the pilot demonstrates basic writing and gives them a sense of where things will go (the season's "map" is built into any good pilot). But once they've decided they like a pilot, then they want to see more—your series bible, particularly the first season's sketch. A strong series bible is a crucial sales tool for your series. This course will help you get your TV series ready for an executive by developing your series premise, honing your pilot, and writing your series bible. August 13 - November 5, 2026   Learn More Beginning Feature Film Writing: Complete Course With Donald H. Hewitt This 12-week course guides students through the process of building a feature film script, starting with an outline and continuing through all the acts of your screenplay. The writing critiques in this course are tailored to develop specific skills needed to succeed as a feature film writer. You will get expert guidance on your writing along the way, and helpful self-tests allow you to reinforce your mastery of the lecture content. August 13 - September 24, 2026   Learn More Write Your Drama Pilot in Six Weeks With William Rabkin In this course, you will learn the tools professional screenwriters use to finish high-quality scripts under deadlines. By the end of this course, you will have completed and received professional feedback on a script for your drama pilot August 20 - September 17, 2026   Learn More Documentary Film Writing With Bryan Young A documentary will feature the same sorts of storytelling tools and techniques as narrative feature films and fiction, but it has an added burden. How to tell the story with the truth and the disparate bits of footage that have already been—or still need to be—collected. A massive, audio-visual jigsaw puzzle of story. This course will help you understand how to see the picture on the box of that jigsaw puzzle in your mind so you can start crafting the pieces of a documentary, whether that writing happens in pre-production, during the collection of footage, or in post-production as you work to craft the final narrative. August 20 - 27, 2026   Learn More Prepping Your Screenplays to Win Competitions Intensive With Rebecca Norris Resnick This course will teach you specific ways to drastically increase the readability of your pages, make your dialogue and description sing, and improve the clarity and structure of your script so you can have a better shot at advancing to the next round. You’ll also learn common pitfalls to sidestep that will help your chances of success. Finally, you’ll be introduced to which writing competitions are most beneficial to enter, and other resources to make the most of each contest season. EXPERT INSTRUCTORS | CONVENIENT ACCESS INVALUABLE FEEDBACK Active Interest Media 2143 Grand Ave Des Moines, IA 50312 USA View online You received this email because you are subscribed to emails from Script Magazine Update your email preferences to choose the types of emails you receive.