The 7 Deadly Sins of Screenwriting: What’s Damning Your Script To The “Pass” Pile

Are you passionate about sharing your story with an audience? Did you do the impossible and write a script in your spare time, now left wondering what your next step is? Be it an idea, synopsis, outline, TV pilot, web series, short film or feature – this one day intensive course will help you workshop your concept to improve your formatting, form an engaging logline, grow your characters and revolve your story around your theme.

This course will go over the 7 Deadly Sins most emerging screenwriters make which cause the reader to put your script in the pass pile, or even worse, put it down after only reading 10 pages! It will help you gain a clear goal, direction and pitch so that when the time comes, you won’t be passed off as inexperienced.

As a bonus, once registered, you will receive templates to develop your story and a pack of 65 Film and TV scripts.

Within the class you will learn about some of the resources you can use to develop your screenwriting, along with the 7 Deadly Sins of Screenwriting: what they are, how to avoid them and workshop time to absolve your script of its sins. 

• Gluttony –  You wrote too much and you’re pigging out on lousy formatting.
• Sloth – You have become lazy on your theme, which should permeate every aspect of your story.
• Lust – Characters lacking a strong and relatable goal.
• Greed – Plot, plot and more plot, but no structure.
• Wrath – The conflict, contrast and stakes.
• Envy – Every scene should matter; if you have an envious scene – cut it.
• Pride – All your characters sound like you, or their dialogue is all very similar, wooden or plodding.

This workshop is part lecture, part exercises and part peer feedback.

Space is minimal, so if you’re interested in this workshop, register before the available spots fill up!

Instructor: Sarah Shiho