John Truby Master Class - art of screenwriting, scriptwriting, development of the character

THE ANATOMY OF SCRIPTWRITING – PROGRAM
3 days – January 11, 12 & 13, 2012

DAY ONE - Creating A Dynamic Structure
9.30 am to 6.15 pm – 1 hour break for lunch

- How to find the perfect structure
- 3 Confusions that hurt writers
- Uncovering the myth of 3-act story structure
- 7 Steps to deep structure
- Creating the single driving force
- Three variations to classic story structure
- Key weaknesses of myth, fairy tale, and drama
- Seven steps to a great premise
- Building the hero from the ground up
- How the character web works
- True character change and how to write it
- 5 Major character changes
- Keys to the perfect opponent
- Sequencing the moral elements of the story

DAY TWO - Creating A Dynamic Story
9.30 am to 6.15 pm – 1 hour break for lunch

- The 22 building blocks of every great script
- Pacing by character growth, not page number
- Creating the visual world
- Using the subplot
- Setting the tag line
- Building the reveals
- Choosing the right story shape
- Creating the strong middle
- The trick to scene sequencing
- How to write 3-track dialogue
- Secrets of building the scene
- Dialogue that increases the conflict

DAY THREE - Keys for TV drama / Understanding genres
9.30 am to 6.15 pm – 1 hour break for lunch

- TV medium vs. the film medium
- How to construct a successful series
- 4-corner opposition in TV
- The top TV genres and how to transcend them
- Keys to a successful police procedural
- Secrets to the success of Mad Men

- Secrets of Action, Comedy, Crime, Detective, Fantasy, Horror, Love, Masterpiece, Myth, Science Fiction, Thriller and Mixed Genre
- What each genre really means
- The central theme of each form
- 3 ways to handle genre and which one is best
- Key structure points for each genre
- Mixing genres: the best strategy for blockbusters
- Bending the genre rules for originality