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Best Screenplay Creative Writing Classes in 2023

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This directory of creative writing courses will help you find the right class for you. Simply filter by genre, price, and location to find the writing class that best fits your needs.

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It’s often said that you can make a bad movie with a good screenplay, but you can’t make a good movie with a bad screenplay. At the New York Film Academy’s Screenwriting School we take that to heart. Get training from a top screenwriting school without commuting or leaving your home.

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

Location: Online

Categories: Screenplay

Level: Any

Class size: Limited

Price: $2,000.00

Start date: Open all year round

Website: https://www.nyfa.edu/online-screenwriting/workshops/15-we...


It’s often said that you can make a bad movie with a good screenplay, but you can’t make a good movie with a bad screenplay. At the New York Film Academy’s Screenwriting School we take that to heart. Get training from a top screenwriting school without commuting or leaving your home.

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

Location: Online

Categories: Screenplay

Level: Any

Class size: Limited

Price: $2,000.00

Start date: Open all year round

Website: https://www.nyfa.edu/online-screenwriting/workshops/15-we...

15-Week Screenwriting Workshop

New York Film Academy


Our 15-Week Online Screenwriting courses offer instruction in specific areas of screenwriting, whether it be feature-length film scripts, television, or comic book writing, each of the courses is structured to deliver intensely focused and challenging lessons to help students improve their skills and develop projects of which they can be proud.

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

Location: New York

Categories: Screenplay

Level: Any

Class size: Limited

Price: $3,771.00

Start date: Open all year round

Website: https://www.nyfa.edu/screenwriting-school/

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Novel & Script First Draft

The Writers' Studio


This highly creative, yet totally practical writing course provides you with a step-by-step process that breaks the writing of your novel or screenplay into manageable weekly tasks and is designed for people working full time.

Prerequisites: Unlocking Creativity is a pre-requisite for this course.

Location: Sydney

Categories: Screenplay

Level: Intermediate

Class size: Limited

Price: $3,695.00

Start date: September, 2023

Website: https://www.writerstudio.com.au/sydney-writing-courses/fi...


The Professional Certificate in Creative Writing is designed to provide you with the skills necessary to write in a variety of creative writing genres. You will learn core creative writing skills and choose from a selection of electives.

Prerequisites: You must take several courses within program to qualify for certificate.

Location: San Diego

Categories: Screenplay

Level: Any

Class size: Limited

Price: $3,510.00

Start date: Open all year round

Website: https://extendedstudies.ucsd.edu/courses-and-programs/cre...


The art and craft of writing for the screen is a skill that all authors would do well to have in their creative arsenals. This course is designed to guide you through the foundational elements of screenwriting, including structural, stylistic, and formatting archetypes that inform script creation, as you proceed toward a rough first draft screenplay or television pilot as the culmination of our coursework.

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

Location: Portland

Categories: Screenplay

Level: Any

Class size: Limited

Price: $1,100.00

Start date: Open all year round

Website: https://literary-arts.org/event/six-month-screenwriting-i...


This course introduces screenwriters, writers of fiction and drama, and creators of new media to the aesthetic and techniques of creating visual, dramatically compelling scripts. Your major project is to complete and polish an outline and the opening scene of your script based on a public domain material from literary, theatrical, mythical, and traditional sources.

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

Location: Los Angeles

Categories: Screenplay

Level: Beginner

Course length: 10 sessions (3 hours)

Class size: 15

Price: $720.00

Start date: Open all year round

Website: https://www.uclaextension.edu/writing-journalism/screenwr...


Ready to work with professional actors to bring your script to life? Want to get your script produced, get an agent, or apply for an MFA program? In this intensive forum, you will polish and complete a full-length screenplay or television pilot.

Prerequisites: At least one act or thirty pages of a screenplay or television pilot completed.

Location: Boston

Categories: Screenplay

Level: Advanced

Course length: 10 sessions (3 hours)

Class size: 9

Price: $700.00

Start date: January, 2023

Website: https://grubstreet.org/findaclass/class/advanced-scriptwr...

Screenwriting: Introduction

University of Toronto


This course is the first step in the screenwriting stream of the Certificate in Creative Writing. Whether you've already started a screenplay or you're developing a story for film, you'll learn the key elements of screenwriting, including story, character, plot, scene, structure and dialogue. This engaging course also includes screenings and writing exercises.

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

Location: Toronto

Categories: Screenplay

Level: Beginner

Course length: 8 sessions (2.5 hours)

Class size: Limited

Price: $649.00

Start date: Open all year round

Website: https://learn.utoronto.ca/programs-courses/courses/1709-s...

TV Pilot Writing

HB Studio


This course will introduce television series structure and how to keep stakes high in your pilot script so you can keep an audience glued to the screen. Let’s get started on creating the next BREAKING BAD, ABBOTT ELEMENTARY, SQUID GAME, MODERN FAMILY, GODFATHER OF HARLEM, OR THE WIRE!

Prerequisites: Students must have taken at least 2 writing classes at HB or have a degree in writing.

Location: Online

Categories: Screenplay

Level: Advanced

Course length: 10 sessions (3 hours)

Class size: Unlimited

Price: $525.00

Start date: Open all year round

Website: https://www.hbstudio.org/classes/playwriting/tv-pilot-wri...


The 90-Day Screenplay helps you unlock the story within by guiding you through a process of marrying the wildness of your imagination to the rigor of structure.

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

Location: Los Angeles

Categories: Screenplay

Level: Beginner

Course length: 14 sessions (1.5 hours)

Class size: Unlimited

Price: $500.00

Start date: Open all year round

Website: https://lawriterslab.com/online-writing-classes/90-day-sc...

Television Writing

Primary Stages


Writing for television has the potential to be not only artistically satisfying, but lucrative as well—just ask Aaron Sorkin from "The Newsroom." This class is your opportunity to learn the structure and language of television writing so you can work to join the ranks of these distinguished playwrights-turned-television writers.

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

Location: Online

Categories: Screenplay

Level: Beginner

Course length: 7 sessions (2 hours)

Class size: Unlimited

Price: $460.00

Start date: Open all year round

Website: https://primarystages.org/espa/writing/television-writing

How to choose a screenplay writing class

Looking to build your writing skillset, learn more about your genre, or finally finish that screenplay you’ve been working on? You’re in the right place. That’s why we built this directory of the best creative writing courses.

However, creative writing classes aren’t one size fit all. If you’re planning to join a screenplay writing class in particular, you’ll want to make sure that it matches what you’re seeking to learn about writing screenplays.

So make sure to consider the following questions when you’re researching screenplay writing courses:

  • Who is the instructor? How many years of experience do they have in writing screenplays?
  • Is there something in particular you’d like to learn about screenplays? Does this course include it?
  • How long is the course, and where is it taught?
  • How much does the screenplay writing course cost? Does it fit into your budget?

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