Freelance Writer Program

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Creative Writing Stratford Career Institute

Free Career Information - Creative Writing develops the knowledge and skills necessary for success as an author. It focuses on the medium of the short story and covers all phases of skillful fiction writing. Areas of concentration include theme and strategy, characters and viewpoint, plot, dialogue, and revision. Professional authors share tips and provide detailed examples.

Tutorial on Screenplay Formatting:  How the Pros Do It Invisibly

Screenwriting is a DISCIPLINED form of creative writing.

How to Write a Screenplay

Write for movies and film, and prepare for screenwriting contests and competitions. This free course covers Screenwriting Fundamentals, Magic Star of Dramatic Writing, Story Dynamics, Word Use, Presentability, Readability, and includes screenwriting exercises.

How to Write a Screenplay in Format & Style

If you are new to screenwriting, planning to write a screenplay or script of any kind, the good news is that writing in screenplay format is easier and more intuitive today than at any time since first Lanier Word Processing Machine. Advances in screenwriting software now save the hours you would previously have spent learning how to write a screenplay in professional Hollywood format can now be allocated to polishing your plot, honing your dialogue, or learning screenplay structure. Some think screenplay writing...

Sitcom Format 101

So you want to write sitcoms, do you? Well, then, this is the page for you. It will explain and demonstrate the proper script format for some of the shows you probably want to write. But before we get into that there some things you should know. First, a few facts about the sitcom world...