Event Details
Monday
September 29, 2025 5:30 pm
Zoom
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Most screenplays aren't read... they're skimmed.
Unlike novels and the finished movies and TV shows we watch on the screen, which seduce their audience into a trance-like state of suspended disbelief, most screenplays put up inadvertent walls between the reader and the world of the story, subconsciously reminding already jaded readers: You’re reading a blueprint, not a story…. This is work, not pleasure… None of this is actually real.
What if that didn’t have to be the case?
What if there was a way to write your action, from the very first line, that hypnotized your audience into that same trance-like state, allowing them to effortlessly see, feel and hear your script on the little movie screen in their mind as if it were real.
What if learning this technique would not only help your readers, but also help you connect more deeply as a writer?
In this seminar, Writers Guild Award Winner Jacob Krueger will teach you a new way of thinking about writing action. You’ll learn powerful techniques, based on NLP, hypnosis & neuroscience, to grab even the most jaded reader from the very first image, and allow them to effortlessly see, feel and hear every moment of your script in their mind’s eye.
Plus, discover how Jacob’s unique approach of Isolating Visual Moments of Action can help you win contests, sell scripts, director-proof your project and save a fortune on re-shoots and “fixing it in the editing room,” by learning how to wield the full power of each image on the page.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:
- Learn how to hypnotize your reader in the way you write your action.
- Make even the least creative reader stop skimming and start effortlessly seeing your script in their mind’s eye.
- Discover hypnotic techniques to engage your own inner eye and create unforgettable images in your writing.
- Use the process of Isolating Visual Moments of Action to build instant structure in an intuitive way.
- Understand how using these techniques can help you win contests, sell scripts and save a fortune in production!
About Jacob Krueger
The founder of Jacob Krueger Studio and host of the popular Write Your Screenplay podcast, Jacob has worked with thousands of writers, from Academy and Tony Award Winners, to new writers picking up the pen for the first time. His writing includes THE MATTHEW SHEPARD STORY, which won the WGAW’s Paul Selvin Award and was nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Screenplay
