Event Details
Monday
March 1, 2021 5:00 pm
via Zoom
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Write What You Want to Write
If you could say ANYTHING to the entire world, what would it be? Screenwriting is still one of the most visible, potent, far-reaching ways to change the world. In this class, you’ll learn all-new techniques to clarify, articulate, and amplify what you’re actually passionate about—from on-the-nose (message movies) to subtle (big action/tentpole projects), and everything in between. Use this innovative creative approach to start with your message, then build outward from there!
Some of the topics and techniques we’ll cover include:
- Stop following trends and start exploring topics YOU care about
- 5 methods to “camouflage” a powerful lesson within any genre
- Tried-and-true techniques to make your specific story a universal one
- Create memorable characters who embody the OPPOSITE of your beliefs
- 7 simple ways to intensify your lead’s unique journey
- Expand your pie-in-the-sky message into a crisis-driven plot
- Use a visual dilemma to crystalize your theme (without being saccharine)
…and a whole lot more. Hope to see you there!
Timothy Michael Cooper is an award-winning filmmaker, comedy writer, and script consultant. He wrote and directed the Writers Guild Award-nominated Concierge: The Series, starring Kate McKinnon. His short comedy Lemon premiered at Tribeca, played at dozens of international festivals and on United Airlines, and is currently in development as a sitcom. Plus, he’s been part of the writers’ room for the Writers Guild Awards for the past six years, writing monologue jokes and sketches for numerous hosts/presenters.
Through his company, Blueprint Screenwriting Group, he’s taught hundreds of writers. His clients and students have sold their scripts to major studios; staffed on multiple network and cable TV shows; screened/won at SXSW, Sundance, Tribeca, Cannes, etc.; and got their movies and shows made across the globe.
Timothy is a proud member of the WGAE, the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective Writers’ Workshop, the Hollywood Radio & Television Society, and the WGAE Softball Team.
About The Fundamentals of Screenwriting Series
The Fundamentals of Screenwriting with Timothy Michael Cooper is a WGA East seminar series that aims to live up to its name – to teach the fundamentals for screenwriters that need a refresher or journalists and other screenwriting novices looking to learn for the first time.
