WORKSHOPS CRAFTING SCENES . . . CREATING ACTIONS: SCRIPT WRITING INTENSIVE |
The Workshop conducted by Alyn Darnay, a multi-award winning writer/director and author of "The Script. A Breakthrough Guide to Scriptwriting," was developed for the writer who is serious about his/her Script Writing career. It is designed to enhance each participant's ability to develop and execute a superior script while striving to improve his/her ability to create imaginative and emotionally layered characters, expressive and dynamic dialogue, controlled and pivotal plot twists and turns, and the all important creation of sequences that generate a life experience of their own. The Workshop aims to help participants gain a better understanding and control of all aspects of script writing, hopefully integrating them in such a way as to allow the individual's writing voice to materialize, enabling each participant to create personal scripts that are alive, vibrant and, most importantly, marketable. The art of writing lays in the doing; it is an act that needs to be performed daily. Just as an athlete or musician must practice to attain his level of excellence so must a writer use his observations and imagination on a daily basis to become free to express his individuality in terms of the written word. The most challenging form of writing is the Script. It cannot rely upon broad description and in-depth background to relate its story. It must tell a tale in terms of the spoken word; generally the verbal interaction between characters that move through a given set of circumstances and generate interest and excitement as the story plays out to its conclusion. The art of a Script lays in the unique execution of its story, its value in the impact upon its audience. This Workshop is not just a series of Lectures. It is not canned or cookie cutter, rather each workshop takes on a life of its own as the group dynamic evolves and stretches to attain its own unique level of development. It is an interactive workshop that demands participant activity. The workshop requires participants to present writing and then write alternative select scenes based upon the themes. |