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E-script for Screenwriters & TV writers
E-script's online courses and workshops in screenwriting and television writing are offered in five and ten-week terms, and you choose your own Monday start date. Or if you simply want one-time feedback, check out our script consulting service.
| Screenwriting Course | Screenwriting Workshop | Screenplay Consultation | Sell Your Screenplay: A Marketing Course |
| TV Sit-com Workshop | TV Hour Episodic Workshop | TV script consultation |
E-script's online E-course
is a great training ground for beginning screenwriters, and a good place
for more experienced screenwriters to polish their skills. Each week, registrants
receive an online tutorial from professional script consultant and screenwriting teacher
Laurie Scheer on a specific craft subject -- see the course outline below
-- as well as a related exercise. You return assignments by e-mail, and receive feedback from the instructor
in the same way. Laurie will also be glad to respond to general questions and comments at any time.
Your course is highly individualized; Laurie works one-on-one with you, and, unlike some other
online courses, we don't ask you to provide feedback to other students. However, you'll have access to
E-script's private bulletin board and chatroom, available only to our past and present registrants, and at the end of the course you also have
the option of "meeting" with Laurie in the chatroom, accessible via any web-browser.
As the course is conducted largely by e-mail, you may work at your own convenience. Exercises can be done on their own, or applied to a script you want to begin or are already working on. Registrants in E-script E-courses receive a 10% discount on a subsequent E-script workshop. (See What's the difference between a course and a workshop?)
Fees: Five week course:
$175.00 (U.S.) / Ten week course: $295.00 (U.S.) The ten week course may be paid for in two installments;
see enrollment page for details.
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Screenwriting Workshop
The E-script Workshop is for screenwriters
who want to work on a new
screenplay, or on a draft of a work-in-progress, with ongoing professional guidance. You have a choice of mentors: professional script
consultants Olga Humphrey or Laurie Scheer, or veteran film and TV writer Michael Snyder (see biographical information below). Send script material to your
workshop leader by e-mail as often as you like; once weekly, you'll receive feedback intended to
help you in revision and to encourage your ongoing work. Your mentor will also be glad to respond to
general questions and comments at any time.
Your workshop is highly individualized; your mentor works one-on-one with you, and, unlike some other
online workshops, we don't ask you to provide feedback to other registrants. However, you'll have access to
E-script's private bulletin board and chatroom, available only to our past and present registrants, and at the end of the course you also have
the option of "meeting" with the workshop leader in the chatroom, accessible via any web-browser.
As the workshop is conducted largely by e-mail, you may work at your own convenience. Writers who have been through an E-script E-course receive a 10% discount. (See What's the difference between a course and a workshop?)
Fees: Five week workshop:
$175.00 (U.S.) / Ten week workshop: $295.00 (U.S.). The ten week workshop may be paid for in two installments;
see enrollment page for details.
Sell Your Screenplay: A Marketing Course
"All too often," writes long-time L.A. development executive Laurie Scheer in her introduction to E-script's newest course, "when I am in meetings with development personnel and producers, I hear the following demand: 'We need projects that are promotable and high concept.'" In this five-week basic training session, Scheer prepares registrants who have a screenplay, or are working on one, or have one in mind, to meet the marketplace. Through a combination of weekly tutorials and assignments, Laurie will help you make sure your screenplay is the one that cuts through the Hollywood noise, while answering your questions and providing specific leads throughout. You'll also have access to E-script's private bulletin board and chatroom, available only to our past and present registrants, and at the end of the course you have the option of "meeting" with Laurie in the chatroom, accessible via any web-browser.
Fee:
$175.00 (U.S.)
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The first step towards working as a writer in the burgeoning situation-comedy
scene is to create a strong spec script. As you work on an episode for an existing series, workshop
leader (and working pro) Nina DeCastro will provide weekly feedback and guidance intended to help you
complete and polish your script, then advise on how to use it as your calling card to the industry.
Your workshop is highly individualized; Nina works one-on-one with you, and, unlike some other
online workshops, we don't ask you to provide feedback to other registrants. However, you'll have access to
E-script's private bulletin board and chatroom, available only to our past and present registrants, and at the end of the course you also have
the option of "meeting" with Nina in the chatroom, accessible via any web-browser.
As the workshop is conducted largely by e-mail, you may work at your own convenience. Writers who have been through an E-script E-course receive a 10% discount. (See What's the difference between a course and a workshop?)
Fees: Five week workshop:
$175.00 (U.S.) / Ten week workshop: $295.00 (U.S.). The ten week workshop may be paid for in two installments;
see enrollment page for details.
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As with sit-coms (see above), to make your way as a writer
of hour episodic television (action-adventure, drama, dramedy) you need a great spec script. In this
workshop, you work on an episode for an existing series, and receive weekly feedback and guidance from
veteran TV and film writer Michael Snyder. Once your script is finished and polished, Mike will advise
on how to use it as your calling card to the industry.
Your workshop is highly individualized; Mike works one-on-one with you, and, unlike some other
online workshops, we don't ask you to provide feedback to other registrants. However, you'll have access to
E-script's private bulletin board and chatroom, available only to our past and present registrants, and at the end of the course you also have
the option of "meeting" with Mike in the chatroom, accessible via any web-browser.
As the workshop is conducted largely by e-mail, you may work at your own convenience. Writers who have been through an E-script E-course receive a 10% discount. (See What's the difference between a course and a workshop?)
Fees: Five week workshop:
$175.00 (U.S.) / Ten week workshop: $295.00 (U.S.). The ten week workshop may be paid for in two installments;
see enrollment page for details.
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E-script's Script Consulting service
Can't spare the time for
a course or workshop, but still want professional feedback on and help
with your screenplay or television script? Then try our script consulting service.
Screenplays: Professional script consultants Olga Humphrey or Laurie Scheer will read your screenplay, provide a detailed set of notes,
and follow-up via phone or E-script's easy to use chat room. The one-time
fee is $200.00 (U.S.), payable by check, money order, Mastercard
or VISA.
Television: For Hour Episodic scripts (ie., action-adventure, drama, dramedy) and Movies-for-Television, our consultant is
accomplished writer-producer Fred Mills; for sit-coms, working pro Nina DeCastro. Fred or Nina will will read your script,
provide a detailed set of notes, and follow-up via phone or E-script's easy to use chat room. The one-time
fee for Hour Episodic or Movies-for-Television consultations is $200.00 (U.S.). For sit-coms, the fee is $150.00 (U.S.). Fees are payable by check, money order, Mastercard
or VISA.
If you're interested in our script consulting service, e-mail us. Tell us a bit about your script, and when you'd like to get started.