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22-STEP STORY STRUCTURE with John Truby
Our colleagues over at Raindance – the London-based group dedicated to fostering and promoting independent film – regularly run training programmes which we think Script Factory friends might be interested in. Raindance have organised a special rate for us and our friends but only if you book Raindance courses directly via The Script Factory.
We are delighted to let you know that the guru's guru, John Truby, is coming back to London in April - contact us now to join John Truby’s 22-STEP STORY STRUCTURE programme on 5 & 6 April.
22-STEP STORY STRUCTURE with John Truby
2-Day Weekend course on 5 & 6 April.
9.30am-6.30pm
Venue tbc - Central London
Learn how to improve your writing and create a story using the freshest ideas on structure and characterisation. Learn to produce quality stories that will enable novelists and screenwriters to sell their work.
About the Course
If you think you know structure from what you've done in the past, think again. Old structure taught in old structure classes doesn't work. If you've read the books, taken the courses and did everything they said, why didn't it work? Because, what you were taught was wrong. Nobody buys old style, tired and obvious scripts.
Truby's 22-Step Story Structure paradigm is the most modern, exciting approach to storytelling to be developed this generation. His approach is flexible and dynamic, and enhances stories that have been written for the 21st century. His tools for writing are considered in America to be the most advanced and the easiest to understand. No screenwriting instructor works with more established writers.
John Truby's 22-Step Story Structure creates the new scripts that are fast-paced, powerful and more exciting than three-act scripts. Top professionals use fundamentally different tools than amateur writers. Yet most books and courses on screenwriting teach a one-size-fits-all approach, useful only to beginners. Isn't it time you stepped up to the professional ranks? This course will teach you literally hundreds of expert tools and techniques that allow you to compete with the best.
This flagship class has been taken by over 20,000 students worldwide, and wins awards year after year as the best screenwriting course in America. Don't miss this rare opportunity to master your craft.
Day One: Creating A Dynamic Structure
Using John's revolutionary 22-step structure, create a dynamic structure for your story and learn how to translate it to the screen.
- How to find the perfect structure
- Creating the single driving force
- The 4 requirements of a good hero
- The 3 character traits to avoid
- Desire and motive
- The 5 major character changes
- The 4 keys to the perfect opponent
- Tricks of Hollywood's most popular genres
- Creating an individual writing style
Day Two: Creating A Dynamic Story
Learn the methods and techniques used by professionals to layer plot, dialogue, subplot and setting to create a dynamic story.
- The 22 building blocks of every great script
- Uncovering the myth of 3-act story structure
- Pacing by character growth, not page number
- Using the subplot
- How to write 3-track dialogue
- Secrets of building the scene
- Dialogue that increases the conflict
- How to write a great feature
- Writing using your own experience
- The business of screenwriting
To book at Script Factory discount price:
The reduced Script Factory price of this course is £225 + VAT (Total £264.38).
The normal price for this course is £250 + VAT, total £293.75).
To book your place by credit/debit card, call us now on 020 7323 1414.
About John Truby
John Truby is a writer/director whose feature, All-American Boy, won Best Dramatic Film (Gold Special Jury Award) at the Houston International Film Festival and was nominated for Best Picture at the Hollywood Film Festival. It also screened at Raindance Film Festival.
He has taught his 22-Step Great Screenwriting and Genre classes to over 20,000 students worldwide. He has also worked as a story consultant and script doctor for Disney Studios, Sony Pictures, FOX, HBO, Alliance Atlantis, and Cannell Studios. In Europe, Truby has consulted for the BBC, RAI, LUX, TV4 and MTV Sweden. His students include the writer/director/or producer for the following films:
* Shrek
* Pirates of the Caribbean
* The Mask of Zorro
* Nightmare on Elm Street
* Outbreak
* Scream
* Sleepless in Seattle
* Back to School
* The Addams Family
* Kiss of the Spider Woman
* Beetlejuice
* Valley Girl
* The Negotiator
* Star Wars
John's first book, the eagerly awaited ANATOMY OF STORY was published in November 2007
More about Raindance here.
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