ScreenWriting Course Starts Soon

Comprehensive 8-week course begins week of September 14..

THE ART AND CRAFT OF SCREENWRITING, an eight week course covering the essentials of creating, writing and selling screenplays for film and TV, begins  the week of September 14, on an evening to be selected by the students who register for the course.  The Screenwriting Course will meet weekly from 6:30 to 9:30 pm at Borders Books, Music and Movies, 2525 West End Ave., Nashville.

This comprehensive course will focus on creating the story idea, screenplay structure, developing the plot and subplots, creating dimensional characters, constructing scenes, writing effective dialogue, protecting creative work, marketing the screenplay, and much more.

Students will have the opportunity to write and cast others in the class to bring their screenwriting to life.  And students will get valuable critiques on their writing to help grow their writing skills to effectively communicate with a movie audience.  THE ART AND CRAFT OF SCREENWRITING will be taught by Dyann S. Rivkin, an award winning writer-producer with a decade of Hollywood film industry experience, who has also taught this course at Belmont University and is featured in the book Ask the Pros: Screenwriting.

Class is limited to the first 12 students who send in their Registration.  The spring Screenwriting class filled up quickly, so if you want to join the fall Screenwriting class contact us to register soon.

For more information, to receive a course syllabus, and to register for the Screenwriting Course call 781-8874 or

email,  screenwriting@mindspring.com.