Screenplay Fundamentals: Build Story Structures

Learn to develop compelling narratives by exploring a script’s structural elements and turning your ideas into audiovisual projects

• Introduction
• The Basic Elements of a Story
• Writing a Synopsis
• From Synopsis to Screenplay
• Final project

“I love tinkering with stories the way a mechanic might take an engine apart and put it back together again.”

Screenplay consultant Naomi Beaty specializes in collaborating with writers, directors, and producers, to find creative solutions for screenplays. She has worked on projects including Twilight, Percy Jackson, and The Stanford Prison Experiment, and also teaches group screenwriting workshops.

In this online course, Naomi shows you how to turn an idea into a screenplay by finding its organic structure and foundational elements. Create a synopsis of a story intended to become a script for a feature-length movie, and learn how to market it for success. Are you ready to find and tell your story?

• About Me
• Influences
• What Is a Story?
• The Protagonist
• The Goal
• The Opposition
• The Stakes
• The Three-Act Structure and Turning Points
• The Logline
• Defining the Structure and Plot Points
• The Context
• The Conflict and Escalation
• The Resolution
• Tips on Polishing the Synopsis
• How to Begin Writing the Screenplay
• Marketing the Screenplay
• Screenplay Fundamentals: Build Story Structures