Writing Your Short Story

If you’ve been writing scripts long enough, chances are someone has told you that you should rethink one of your scripts as another format: graphic novel, play, short story, or, gasp, a novel. If you’re not an artist and can’t afford to hire one, that leaves you with one option. Prose. 

We know what you’re probably thinking. Prose is stodgy, old-school. Florid language makes screenwriters cringe. But what if we told you that learning how to work with just your word, learning how to quickly and efficiently paint a scene, create a mood, craft dialogue, and mold fully realized characters out of nothing but a page are skills you learn working with prose. And they’re skills you can most definitely carry over to your scripts even if you decide not to pursue publication.  

And guess what, if you decide to pursue publication after writing your short stories in class, you have a number of other advantages. You’ll be building a brand as well as creating your own IP, you’ll have some leverage when approaching reps, and you might even be able to get paid for the submission. 

Anyone can tell a story in 120 pages, but could you tell one in 5?

In This Four Week Program, You Will Learn: 

• Just what is a short story and what is it trying to accomplish? 
• Why write short stories? 
• The Ins and Outs of publication 
• How to put together a story and strip away nonsense  
• Writing, writing, and more writing: you will complete at least two short stories
• The importance of revision 
• Getting an agent