Scriptwriting Essentials & The Art of Writing Strong Female Characters
at Reel Sisters 27th Anniversary Celebration
Master Scriptwriting Class: The Art of Writing Strong Female Characters™ (ONLINE)
ONLINE Master Scriptwriting Class
SESSION DATES: 5/30/24, 6/1/24, 6/8/24, 6/13/24 & 6/15/24.
Time: Thurs., 6:30 pm-8:30 pm ET (3:30 pm-5:30 pm PT) & Sat., 1 pm-3 pm (10 am-1 pm PT).
Registration Fee: $225 plus Eventbrite fees.
THIS WORKSHOP SELLS OUT QUICKLY, REGISTER ASAP!
Emmy award-winning television veteran writer and film producer Valerie C. Woods will lead our master scriptwriting workshop that will cover the essentials of writing scripts for TV, Film and Digital Media. The six-session workshop will focus on giving you a strong foundation in story and character development. You will learn how to create strong and richly layered women characters as well as the nuts and bolts of writing scripts. Enjoy a nurturing and open creative environment where you will have a chance to write the first draft of your script or develop a work-in-progress. Polish log lines and beat sheets that will help you pitch your project to HBO, Disney or major television and film studios.
ABOUT OUR INSTRUCTOR
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Valerie C. Woods is a writer/producer in television and film and is also a publisher, editor, and author. She is an Emmy-award winning writer/co-executive producer for the Disney+ series “The Crossover.” Her most recent work (2019-2020) was as Writer/Co-Executive Producer on Season 2 of the Netflix drama series Sweet Magnolias. She also worked in the same position for Season 4 (2018-2019) of the critically acclaimed television drama series Queen Sugar, airing on Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). Currently, she is in development through her MCV Productions banner on a limited series based on Wrapped in Rainbows – The Life of Zora Neale Hurston, the award-winning biography written by Valerie Boyd and A Cowboy to Remember, a romance novel in the Cowboys of California trilogy by Rebekah Weatherspoon.
As one of four instructors trained by acclaimed screenwriter, author and teacher Syd Field, Valerie has served as Creative Director for Syd Field – The Art of Visual Storytelling platform. She also taught as Adjunct Faculty in the Stephens College Low-Residency MFA in TV and Screenwriting program (2016-2020). In Fall 2020, Valerie joined the University of Georgia as a Screenwriting Mentor in their Low-Residency MFA in Narrative Media Writing.