SCR 511 and 512: Screenwriting Workshop and Conference
FIRST AND SECOND TERMS
4 CREDIT HOURS TOTAL

In this Screenwriting workshop, Fellows meet weekly in a small group with their Faculty mentor and discuss their story ideas, develop outlines and complete at least one full-length feature screenplay, and a second draft of that screenplay. Fellows read each other’s work and give productive notes to their colleagues, as well as hear notes from the mentor. The Screenwriting workshop emphasizes dramatic structure, telling a story cinematically in terms of action and the reality of characters portrayed.

CR 515 or 615: Introduction to Writing for Video Games
FIRST TERM
1 CREDIT HOUR
ELECTIVE

An application-only elective class, open to Screenwriters of both first and second year. Writing a video game storyline shares key features with writing a film screenplay: interesting characters, conflict, emotions, originality, style and purpose. Because story is the most important value in video games, the workshop will focus on the core narrative concept of the game and build out the characters and world from there. Fellows will have their works-in-progress read, analyzed and discussed by all participants, including industry guests.

SCR 535 and 536: The Story Incubator: Story Creation, Development, Presentation
FIRST AND SECOND TERMS
4 CREDIT HOURS TOTAL

A year-long workshop for first-year Screenwriters in story creation, development and presentation. Fellows work on what makes a good story for the screen and how to take it from idea to realization. Over the course of two semesters, through writing assignments and discussion, Fellows practice creating, developing, analyzing and presenting or pitching original stories for film and television.

SCR 541: Improv for Writers
FIRST TERM
1 CREDIT HOUR
ELECTIVE

This is a ten-week elective workshop, open to first-year Screenwriting Fellows. “Improv for Writers” introduces Fellows to the principles and rules of improv in a positive and supportive environment, with the goal of applying those principles and rules to writing for screen and television. Particular focus is placed on collaboration, on developing a constructive writing process and on the fundamentals of sketch writing and scene construction.

SCR 555: Scenes, Sequences, Outlines
FIRST TERM
2 CREDIT HOURS

Scenes, Sequences, Outlines is a semester-long first-year workshop that focuses on developing skills in the building blocks of dramatic writing: dynamic scenes and sequences that can move the story, dialogue that feels like authentic behavior and outlining of the overall structure of a story. Fellows will do in-class exercises on scene writing, dialogue and sequence building, to specific prompts. Case studies and lectures will be used to illustrate successful use of these elements. There will also be assignments to be done at home and brought in for critique.

SCR 572: Writing for TV — Comedy
SECOND TERM
1 CREDIT HOUR

This workshop focuses on the foundational basics of writing for television, specifically the half-hour comedy. Fellows will break an original story and develop an outline and first draft spec script for a current television series.

SCR 574: Writing for TV — Drama
SECOND TERM
1 CREDIT HOUR

This workshop focuses on the foundational basics of writing for television, specifically the one-hour drama. Fellows will break an original story and develop an outline and first draft spec script for a current television series.

SCR 611 and 612: Advanced Screenwriting Workshop (in conjunction with SCR 690)
FIRST AND SECOND TERMS
6 CREDIT HOURS TOTAL

In this workshop, each Screenwriting Fellow develops a thesis portfolio consisting of two full-length feature-length screenplays. Each Fellow revises and completes drafts of the two works in the context of continual analysis and evaluation by Faculty and peers. All Fellows in the workshop group read each other’s work and come prepared each week with constructive notes.

SCR 631 and 632: Writing and Re-writing the TV Pilot
FIRST AND SECOND TERMS
2 CREDIT HOURS TOTAL

In this two-semester workshop, each Fellow will complete an original pilot and re-write the pilot over the course of the year and will develop the arc of the series. They will focus on the skills necessary to become a professional writer in television.

SCR 633: Writing the Adaptation
FIRST TERM
1 CREDIT HOUR
ELECTIVE

An application-only elective workshop for second-year Screenwriters about adapting existing material. Fellows will work from their choice of fiction or nonfiction source material in the public domain. They will be finding the story they want to tell and learning how to adapt it into a different medium. The goal of the workshop is to give material new life in a new form.

SCR 636: Original Series Development for the Global Market
SECOND TERM
1 CREDIT HOUR
ELECTIVE

An eight-week, application-only elective workshop designed to give Screenwriters or Screenwriting and Producing teams an opportunity to develop an original TV drama series for the current global marketplace. Each Fellow or team is expected to produce a series document or pitch outline that will be workshopped in class and critiqued by the mentor.

SCR 646: Introduction to Directing for the Writer
SECOND TERM
1 CREDIT HOUR
ELECTIVE

This application-only elective is a focused workshop that takes Screenwriting Fellows through the directing process. Each Fellow will bring in scenes that they have written. Over the first few weeks, all the material will be heard and critiqued in table reads, with notes provided for re-writes. Then scenes will be staged and filmed, so that writers can see what happens when a scene gets up on its feet. Finally, the writers will edit the scene to “write the last draft.”

SCR 662: The Table Read 
SECOND TERM
1 CREDIT HOUR
ELECTIVE

This workshop is centered on table reads of 30 pages of each enrolled Screenwriting Fellow’s work, generally the first act of their feature screenplay. Fellows will work with Faculty to prepare their script pages, and with a casting director to cast professional actors. At the end of the table read, they receive feedback from the actors as well as the other workshop participants.