What we’re about
skillca.mp is a non-profit organization providing free and low cost skills training, reskilling and business development education globally, focusing on underserved communities.
Learn more at https://skillcamp
Some of our classes are free and some are limited to supporting members (from $10/month suggested donation). There are no membership dues or fees required to attend our free classes. We want to make all our classes accessible to everyone. If you can't donate right now, you can request a tuition waiver for any paid class.
ScriptCamp: Welcome beginning and experienced screenwriters! We host regular screenwriting bootcamps, classes, script coverage and career coaching from professional, repped screenwriter Conor Kyle. Each week there are a few live & virtual classes, workshops, Q&As and intensive 6- to 8-week bootcamp courses that take you from idea to first draft, to polished feature screenplay or TV pilot.
ScriptCamp classes are taught live on Discord at: https://discord.gg/Qy3E35DZna
WordCamp: Welcome beginning and experienced writers! We are a writing community focused on helping you take your concept from idea to first draft to polished script. We cover novels, Join the 12-week NaNoWriMo Novel Bootcamp
WordCamp classes are taught live on Discord at: https://discord.gg/yJBPRqUpN5
FilmCamp: Welcome beginning and experienced filmmakers. We are a filmmaking community focused on helping you take your concept from idea to production to final edit. Join our cinematography, directing, producing and post-production classes!
FilmCamp classes are taught live on Discord at: https://discord.gg/Bw2TjmSFux
ToonCamp: Welcome beginning and experienced animators. We are an animation community focused on helping you take your concept from idea to storyboards to production and final edit. Join our free 12-week Animation Lab!
ToonCamp classes are taught live on Discord at: https://discord.gg/jpmsjkVYe8
About the Instructors:
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 the annual Hit List, Young & Hungry List, Spec Book, and on Tracking Board’s “Best Writers of the Year” booklet.
Rebekah Humphrey-Bullen is a UK based Middle Grade and Teen writer who won the Golden Egg Award in 2022 with her novel Echoes on Titan. She has a first look deal with Chicken House Books, a division of Scholastic Press founded by Barry Cunningham, best known for discovering the Harry Potter series.
Scarlet Chen is an award-winning Chinese-Canadian screenwriter, playwright, director, and stand-up comic. Her feature FORTUNE SPRINGS won first place in the 2018 UCLAx Screenplay Competition. After years of experience working as a PA, script supervisor and staff writer on high profile Chinese television series and Hollywood co-productions (KILL BILL, THE KITE RUNNER, LOOPER and IRON MAN 3 ), she sold her original Sci-Fi Thriller TV pilot DREAM RAIDER to HBO Asia. Scarlet's one act play A COFFEE FOR YOU will premiere at the 2025 Nanaimo Fringe Festival.
Upcoming events
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•OnlineShort Story Writers Group (Zoom / Discord)
OnlineEnter the live meeting room here:
Discord: https://discord.gg/7s9uNed3mu
Zoom: RSVP for Zoom meeting invite
Welcome to the Short Story Writers Group! Writers of all genres meet weekly on WordCamp to share their short stories and receive constructive feedback. This is a space where we inspire and challenge each other to improve, holding ourselves accountable to writing goals. Everyone is welcome, whether you're new to short story writing or polishing your hundredth story.8 attendees
•OnlineThe Writer's Voice Live Readings & Critiques (Zoom) - open mic, bring your work!
OnlineEnter the live meeting room here:
Zoom: RSVP for meeting invite
Discord: https://wordca.mp
Submission forms:
https://skillca.mp/voice (Google Docs link)
https://wordca.mp/feedback (any other format)
Each week, writers around the world gather on WordCamp to read and critique our work out loud. Join us to experience your words from an new perspective and get real-world feedback on your novel excerpts, short stories, non-fiction or poetry.
Hearing your words read out loud also helps you identify what's working and what isn't working. Your ear will catch awkward or unnecessary phrases. What sounds eloquent in our heads might seem clunky when spoken out loud. It also helps you find the music in your words as you develop your voice. Live readings are useful to get a feel for the flow of your prose. Great authors select words not just for their meaning, but for emotional impact, rhythm, and sound
How to submit?
To submit your project to the next writer's voice, use one of these forms:
⦁ Google Docs Link submission (use this form if you are very familiar with google docs and know how to enable commenting permission for anyone with the link): https://skillca.mp/voice
⦁ File upload submission (does not require familiarity with google docs - you can upload any document format): https://wordca.mp/feedback
⦁ Please use manuscript format (double spaced, 12 pt font)
How to attend?
⦁ Everyone is welcome, whether you want to read out loud, provide critiques or just listen in.
⦁ Hit the RSVP button to save your spot.
⦁ Then join us on Discord or Zoom.7 attendees
•OnlineScript Spotlight (Discord meeting)
OnlineEnter the meeting room here:
Zoom: RSVP for Zoom meeting invite
Discord: https://discord.gg/m2hwgCTsRx
This weekly online meetup welcomes veteran screenwriters and rookies alike to read some of the best pro spec scripts out there and discuss them. Together we read through mind blowing and inspiring screenplays from the annual Black List, Nicholl Fellowship, Hit List, Blood List, Cannes List and Sundance Lab as well as unproduced gems from Hollywood studio archives, occasionally followed by a live Q&A with the writer.
This meetup works sort of like a book club for great screenplays. Be sure to read the script and then join us on Discord or Zoom to discuss it in-depth.
You can access the scripts here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mvuxK6fb7pC1FrtyG49j816_mB5TNSKx?usp=sharing
Contact our hosts @Ed(Firefly) or @Monika on Discord or email spotlight@ skillca.mp if you have questions.
Upcoming schedule:
Sep 10 ALIEN by Dan O'Bannon, Walter Hill
Sep 17 MEET CUTE by Noga Pnueli (Sci-Fi RomCom)
Oct 1 DO NOT DISTURB by Ben Miller (Crime Dramedy)
Oct 15 CRUSH by Michael Jones (Horror)
Oct 29 HERETIC by Scott Beck & Bryan Woods (Horror)
Nov 12 BUBBLES by Isaac Adamson (Biopic)
Nov 26 13TH HOUR by Anna Klassen (Sci-Fi)6 attendees
Past events
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