Feature Script Bootcamp Intro (FREE)

This class provides an overview of the Script Bootcamp. Professional screenwriter Conor Kyle will teach you the process of taking an idea and developing it into a story, outline and complete 80-120 page feature screenplay first draft. You will refine the concept for the project you will write during the intensive eight-week screenwriting bootcamp which runs October 9 to December 4.

Bring your loglines and original feature film ideas! This is class is free and everyone is welcome. Space is limited, so be sure to RSVP early to reserve your spot.

How to enroll in the free Feature Script Bootcamp Intro class:
• Hit the RSVP button
• Then drop by our discord server and meet Conor and your fellow students: https://discord.gg/Qy3E35DZna

About the Instructor:
Conor Kyle has written for Shudder's Creepshow (2019) and placed twice in the Nicholl Fellowship with his scripts “Peter and the Wolves” (quarterfinals, also Launchpad top 10) and The Tube (semifinals). His screenplays have also been featured on special sections of the annual Hit List, Young & Hungry List, Spec Book, and on Tracking Board’s “Best Writers of the Year” booklet. He writes everything from stage musicals to Westerns to horror movies, and has taught screenwriting in Summer camps and online courses since 2018.

If you don't have discord, you can download it here: https://discord.com/download

The 8-Week Script Bootcamp course schedule:

Week 1: Why this story? (Oct 9)
Now that you’ve narrowed down your high-concept idea, we will ask the simple questions: why this story? Why now? What is both timely and universal in your idea? We will begin to chisel away at the central dramatic question of your script, and design a plan to explore this theme from all angles. You’ll refine and polish your story’s premise, and begin the process of outlining.

Week 2: Outlining I – Broad Strokes (Oct 16)
Now that you’ve selected your feature idea, we’ll look at the key building blocks of your story. Chiefly: how to structure and place key scenes, and begin to establish connective tissue between them.

Week 3: Outlining II – Scene Cards (Oct 23)
Time to organize your ideas into a much more detailed outline. These “scene cards” will each feature a key moment of your story, and you’ll organize your brainstormed sketches into a cohesive, page-by-page plan for your upcoming feature.

Week 4: Beginnings (Oct 30)
It’s time to get going on your feature! This class will feature a both a FAQ / troubleshooting session (where we address and fill holes in your outlines before you begin) and a lecture on first acts: everything from opening image to the act break. From this class on, you’ll have to write a few pages a day to keep up with the benchmarks and get optimal feedback on your script.

Week 5: Transitions (Nov 6)
You’ve finished the first 20-30 pages of your script, so this class focuses on your first act break. How do we diagnose whether we’ve done everything we need to do in act one? We’ll heavily emphasize a propulsive boost into the “fun and games” of your script’s second act, balancing B-stories, and more.

Week 6: Act 2 A (Nov 13)
This class follows us into the deep dark woods of your script: the second act. We’ll go over the creation of sequences and setpieces, and review how to find the fun in your premise and mine its full potential.

Week 7: Act 2 B (Nov 20)
Many newer writers begin to falter or repeat themselves in this section of a script, so we’ll focus on keeping up the energy and narrative push, as well as beginning to answer questions and pay off setups from earlier in the script. Danger and tension must ramp up significantly in this section, and we’ll make sure our scripts are doing just that.

Week 8: Act 3 (Dec 4)(no class nov 27)
In our eighth and final week, we will work through the difficult final act of your script. How do we conclude subplots? How can we leave the reader feeling satisfied with the ideal “unexpected yet inevitable” conclusion?