Online Screenwriting Course

Short, hands-on lessons that take your idea to a logline, to scenes and towards a finished text. You don't watch a lesson and move on — in every lesson you write something for your own film, and what you write collects in your project file. You can read the lessons without an account; an account is there to save what you write and to carry on from another device.

How does the online course work?

The lessons open in your browser: nothing to install, and they work on a computer as well as on a phone. You go at your own pace and pick up where you left off — you decide when to open a lesson.

There's no physical classroom; the programme runs in the browser. That also means no city or travel limits. Where you are doesn't change anything.

How does the programme progress?

Every lesson is short: a concept, an example, an exercise.
You write in every lesson; at the end you check your text against your own checklist.
What you write goes into your project in Film Lab: idea, logline, characters and scenes collect in a single file.
A chapter opens once you've finished the one before it and produced that chapter's output — the order is the order of learning itself.
The lessons open in English today cover the first act; the later acts are being translated.

What will you learn?

The lessons open in English today cover the first act, one topic after another:

Screenwriting Fundamentals: what a screenplay is, film language, reading a page, the action line and your first formatting rules.
The Core of the Story: idea and subject, theme, premise and the logline.
Character: want and need, motivation, flaw and wound, the antagonist and the character arc.
Conflict: its layers, cost, escalation and obstacle design.
World: the world as more than scenery, its rules and its sensory signature.
Introduction to Structure: acts, turning points, the middle and the finale.
Scene: where to enter, where to leave, and what a scene changes.
Dialogue: subtext, character voice and trimming the line.
Film Reading Workshop: reading a film the way a writer does.

What's included?

Every lesson open in English — no locked chapter and no trial period.
Senaryum: the tool you write your screenplay in; it sets the format for you.
Film Lab: your project file, where your idea, logline, characters and scenes collect.
The Community: a place to share work and talk craft with other writers.
You read every lesson without an account; the account exists so we can give your writing and your progress back to you.

How is this different from a video course?

Most video screenwriting courses are a set of lessons and a certificate. There's no certificate here; instead, when you finish you have your own pages and a project file. The proof of learning isn't a document, it's what you've written.

Learning and writing also don't live in separate places: the writing tool sits right next to the lesson, and you apply what you learn on the same screen.

Do you need a degree to write screenplays?

Film, television and screenwriting programmes exist at universities in many countries. They give you theory, film history and a production culture; that's valuable, but it isn't required.

When a screenplay is read, nobody asks which programme the writer finished. What they ask is: is there a finished script, is the format right, does the story hold? That's why we built the course around writing rather than around a diploma.

Download as Word and PDF

Open the Word version and write straight over it; the PDF looks the same on every device and prints as it is.

You can write without downloadingStart writing in screenplay format →Senaryum — opens in the browser, nothing to install. It formats the slug line, the action and the dialogue as you type.You can try it without an account; you'll need one to save and download what you write.

Blank screenplay template — standard formatOpen it in Word and start writing: Scene Heading · Action · Character · Dialogue styles built in, Courier New 12.Word (.docx)PDF

Sample screenplay — “The Scale”A complete 5-page short film script in standard format: slug lines, action and dialogue.Word (.docx)PDF

Logline template + exampleThe four parts of telling your film in one sentence, an example and a blank template.Word (.docx)PDF

Frequently asked questions

How do I access the lessons?

You can read every lesson that's open in English, and browse the curriculum, without signing up. An account is needed to keep what you produce and to carry it between devices.

Do I need to study film at university to write screenplays?

Film, television and screenwriting programmes are the closest fit, but screenwriting isn't a profession that requires a diploma; what decides things is the pages you've written.

Do you give a certificate at the end?

No, we don't give certificates. Instead you earn craft titles as you progress, and you end up with texts you've actually written — an idea, a logline, scenes, a screenplay.

Can someone who has never written before start?

Yes. The programme is built from the ground up: the first chapter starts with what a screenplay is, and no prior knowledge or writing habit is expected.

How long does it take?

You set the pace. Each lesson's reading time is shown on its own card; the writing exercise comes on top of that, and you decide how long it takes. We don't promise a total: it depends on how many lessons you do a week — some people finish a chapter and pause for months, others get through several chapters in a few weeks.

Is it an online screenwriting course? How does it work?

The lessons open in your browser and move at your own pace: you decide which lesson to do and when, and there's nothing to install. You carry on from where you stopped.

Do you run in-person screenwriting classes?

We don't have a physical classroom or branch; the programme runs in the browser. In return there are no city or travel limits — wherever you are, you reach the same lessons.

Is this course enough to become a screenwriter?

The course gives you the craft and finished pages; the road to working as a screenwriter continues from there with a portfolio, competitions and festival submissions. We cover the career side on a separate page: How to become a screenwriter.

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