Continue your screenwriting journey in this practical intermediate course. Writing exercises, presentations and screenings will teach you key skills, and you’ll begin to produce work and an outline for a full-length project.
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This is a practical course that develops your grounding in the craft and terminology of screenwriting. Writing exercises, group discussion and presentations by the tutor will teach you the key skills in greater depth, including structure, character and dialogue. At the end of the course you should have produced a short screenplay and an outline for a full-length project.
What will we cover?
- Writing a successful outline - Developing complex characters and dialogue - Revisiting story, plot development, and structure - Revising your script - Industry standards for formatting.
What will I achieve? By the end of this course you should be able to...
- Identify the key features of a successful script outline/treatment - Write an outline/treatment for an original feature screenplay or television script - Analyse the interpretation of scripts by directors/actors on screen with confidence - Present all or part of a script in standard industry format.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
This is an intermediate screenwriting course suitable for those who have completed Ways into screenwriting at City Lit or an introductory screenwriting course elsewhere. An ability to write and speak fluent English is vital.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
Interactive tutor presentation, discussion and analysis of scripts and clips, peer and tutor feedback, writing exercises.
City Lit Writing endeavours to create a safe and welcoming space for all and we strongly support the use of content notes in our classes. This means that learners are encouraged to make their tutor and classmates aware in advance if any writing they wish to share contains material that may be deemed sensitive. If you are unsure about what might constitute sensitive content, please ask your tutor for further clarification and read our expectations for participating in writing courses at City Lit.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
Please bring writing materials.
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
If you would like to continue developing skills at the intermediate level you are welcome to enrol on another term of Developing into screenwriting. Information from the tutor concerning other courses will also be offered.
All students are invited to join us at Late Lines, our regular performance night for City Lit writers. Students are also encouraged to submit their work to Between the Lines, our annual anthology of creative writing. For the latest news, courses and events, stay in touch with the Department on Facebook and Twitter.
As a screenwriter, Bob Schultz has focused on high-concept stories told on a budget, finding success writing on spec, working for hire, ghostwriting, and providing consultation for independent producers in Los Angeles, New York, and London. His screenwriting portfolio includes more than 20 credits either produced, in production, or in development, and his series of Christmas shorts (Advent) will release throughout December 2025. Beyond screenwriting, Bob has cultivated a significant body of prose fiction work, with award-winning stories published in American newspapers including The Ravena News-Herald, the Greenville Record, and The Paper (Fort Pierce, Florida), international magazines (Script magazine, Daily Grindhouse), and short story anthologies (most recently Twisted, Volume 3: The Final Chapter, 2024). His latest anthology of short stories (The Athenaeum Club Mysteries) is set to be published in the winter of 2025, and his first novel (Operation: Coronation) in early 2026. Bob has served as an instructor and mentor at colleges and universities in the USA, England, and Sweden, as well as worldwide at festivals, conferences, and through private instruction.
Angela ClarkeSee moreSee less
Angela is a best-selling novelist and screenwriter. She’s delighted her latest psych thriller The Anniversary Party (Hachette, 2025) is an Amazon number one bestseller in Serial Killers, and plans to get that ranking printed on a t-shirt. She is the author of On My Life (Hachette, 2019), the Social Media Murders Series including Trust Me (HarperCollins, 2017), Watch Me (HarperCollins, 2016), and Follow Me (HarperCollins, 2015). She also wrote the humorous memoir Confessions of a Fashionista (Penguin Random House, 2013). Follow Me was named Amazon’s Rising Star Debut January 2016, longlisted for the Crime Writer’s Association Dagger in the Library 2016, and shortlisted for the Dead Good Page Turner Award 2016. For screen Angela has written on childrens’, crime and drama developments and shows for AMC, Netflix, BBC, Channel 4, CBeebies and BBC Sounds. Two of her novels have been optioned for television adaptation. Angela has hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS), Angela is passionate about bringing marginalised voices into the creative industries.
Clive FordSee moreSee less
Clive Ford writes for film and stage. He graduated from UAL with an MA in screenwriting. He currently works as a lecturer at the University of Creative Arts in Farnham and at the University of Bedfordshire where he teaches writing for the screen.
Please note: We reserve the right to change our tutors from those advertised. This happens rarely, but if it does, we are unable to refund fees due to this. Our tutors may have different teaching styles; however we guarantee a consistent quality of teaching in all our courses.
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City Lit Writing endeavours to create a safe and welcoming space for all and we strongly support the use of content notes in our classes. This means that learners are encouraged to make their tutor and classmates aware in advance if any writing they wish to share contains material that may be deemed sensitive. If you are unsure about what might constitute sensitive content, please ask your tutor for further clarification and read our <a href=" https://www.citylit.ac.uk/expectations-for-participating-in-writing-courses" target="_blank">expectations for participating in writing courses at City Lit</a>.Please bring writing materials.If you would like to continue developing skills at the intermediate level you are welcome to enrol on another term of Developing into screenwriting. Information from the tutor concerning other courses will also be offered.<br><br>All students are invited to join us at <a href=" https://www.citylit.ac.uk/latelines" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Late Lines</a>, our regular performance night for City Lit writers. Students are also encouraged to submit their work to <a href="https://www.citylit.ac.uk/betweenthelines" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Between the Lines</a>, our annual anthology of creative writing. For the latest news, courses and events, stay in touch with the Department on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/citylitcreativewriting" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a> and <a href=" https://www.twitter.com/citylitwriting" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a>.Writing for stage and screenWriting for stage and screenvirtual3036100Developing your screenwriting279279https://www.citylit.ac.uk/media/catalog/product/d/e/developing-your-screenwriting-hw673-1024_32.jpgInStockEveningWedOnlineAvailable courses11 weeks or longerWeekday2027-01-13T00:00:00+00:00Some experienceJan 2027WritingHW694279279Developing your screenwriting279181279Angela Clarkedeveloping-your-screenwriting/hw694-2627Continue your screenwriting journey in this practical intermediate course. Writing exercises, presentations and screenings will teach you key skills, and you’ll begin to produce work and an outline for a full-length project.0000-Available|2027-01-13 00:00:00This is a practical course that develops your grounding in the craft and terminology of screenwriting. Writing exercises, group discussion and presentations by the tutor will teach you the key skills in greater depth, including structure, character and dialogue. At the end of the course you should have produced a short screenplay and an outline for a full-length project.Continue your screenwriting journey in this practical intermediate course. Writing exercises, presentations and screenings will teach you key skills, and you’ll begin to produce work and an outline for a full-length project.- Writing a successful outline<br>- Developing complex characters and dialogue<br>- Revisiting story, plot development, and structure<br>- Revising your script<br>- Industry standards for formatting.- Identify the key features of a successful script outline/treatment<br>- Write an outline/treatment for an original feature screenplay or television script<br>- Analyse the interpretation of scripts by directors/actors on screen with confidence<br>- Present all or part of a script in standard industry format.This is an intermediate screenwriting course suitable for those who have completed Ways into screenwriting at City Lit or an introductory screenwriting course elsewhere. An ability to write and speak fluent English is vital.Interactive tutor presentation, discussion and analysis of scripts and clips, peer and tutor feedback, writing exercises. <br />
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City Lit Writing endeavours to create a safe and welcoming space for all and we strongly support the use of content notes in our classes. This means that learners are encouraged to make their tutor and classmates aware in advance if any writing they wish to share contains material that may be deemed sensitive. If you are unsure about what might constitute sensitive content, please ask your tutor for further clarification and read our <a href=" https://www.citylit.ac.uk/expectations-for-participating-in-writing-courses" target="_blank">expectations for participating in writing courses at City Lit</a>.Please bring writing materials.If you would like to continue developing skills at the intermediate level you are welcome to enrol on another term of Developing into screenwriting. Information from the tutor concerning other courses will also be offered.<br><br>All students are invited to join us at <a href=" https://www.citylit.ac.uk/latelines" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Late Lines</a>, our regular performance night for City Lit writers. Students are also encouraged to submit their work to <a href="https://www.citylit.ac.uk/betweenthelines" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Between the Lines</a>, our annual anthology of creative writing. For the latest news, courses and events, stay in touch with the Department on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/citylitcreativewriting" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a> and <a href=" https://www.twitter.com/citylitwriting" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a>.Writing for stage and screenWriting for stage and screenvirtual3087067Developing your screenwriting279279https://www.citylit.ac.uk/media/catalog/product/d/e/developing-your-screenwriting-hw673-1024_34.jpgInStockEveningWedKeeley StreetAvailable courses11 weeks or longerWeekday2027-04-21T00:00:00+00:00Some experienceApr 2027WritingHW092279279Developing your screenwriting279181279Clive Forddeveloping-your-screenwriting/hw092-2627Continue your screenwriting journey in this practical intermediate course. Writing exercises, presentations and screenings will teach you key skills, and you’ll begin to produce work and an outline for a full-length project.0000-Available|2027-04-21 00:00:00This is a practical course that develops your grounding in the craft and terminology of screenwriting. Writing exercises, group discussion and presentations by the tutor will teach you the key skills in greater depth, including structure, character and dialogue. At the end of the course you should have produced a short screenplay and an outline for a full-length project.Continue your screenwriting journey in this practical intermediate course. Writing exercises, presentations and screenings will teach you key skills, and you’ll begin to produce work and an outline for a full-length project.- Writing a successful outline<br>- Developing complex characters and dialogue<br>- Revisiting story, plot development, and structure<br>- Revising your script<br>- Industry standards for formatting.- Identify the key features of a successful script outline/treatment<br>- Write an outline/treatment for an original feature screenplay or television script<br>- Analyse the interpretation of scripts by directors/actors on screen with confidence<br>- Present all or part of a script in standard industry format.This is an intermediate screenwriting course suitable for those who have completed Ways into screenwriting at City Lit or an introductory screenwriting course elsewhere. An ability to write and speak fluent English is vital.Interactive tutor presentation, discussion and analysis of scripts and clips, peer and tutor feedback, writing exercises. <br />
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City Lit Writing endeavours to create a safe and welcoming space for all and we strongly support the use of content notes in our classes. This means that learners are encouraged to make their tutor and classmates aware in advance if any writing they wish to share contains material that may be deemed sensitive. If you are unsure about what might constitute sensitive content, please ask your tutor for further clarification and read our <a href=" https://www.citylit.ac.uk/expectations-for-participating-in-writing-courses" target="_blank">expectations for participating in writing courses at City Lit</a>.Please bring writing materials.<p>If you would like to continue developing skills at the intermediate level you are welcome to enrol on another term of Developing into screenwriting. Information from the tutor concerning other courses will also be offered.<br><br>All students are invited to join us at <a href=" https://www.citylit.ac.uk/latelines" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Late Lines</a>, our regular performance night for City Lit writers. Students are also encouraged to submit their work to <a href="https://www.citylit.ac.uk/betweenthelines" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Between the Lines</a>, our annual anthology of creative writing. For the latest news, courses and events, stay in touch with the Department on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/citylitcreativewriting" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a> and <a href="http://citylitwriting.bsky.social on Bluesky" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bluesky.</a></p>Writing for stage and screenWriting for stage and screenvirtual3087070Developing your screenwriting279279https://www.citylit.ac.uk/media/catalog/product/d/e/developing-your-screenwriting-hw673-1024_33.jpgInStockEveningTueKeeley StreetAvailable courses11 weeks or longerWeekday2027-04-20T00:00:00+00:00Some experienceApr 2027WritingHW673279279Developing your screenwriting279181279Angela Clarkedeveloping-your-screenwriting/hw673-2627Continue your screenwriting journey in this practical intermediate course. Writing exercises, presentations and screenings will teach you key skills, and you’ll begin to produce work and an outline for a full-length project.0000-Available|2027-04-20 00:00:00This is a practical course that develops your grounding in the craft and terminology of screenwriting. Writing exercises, group discussion and presentations by the tutor will teach you the key skills in greater depth, including structure, character and dialogue. At the end of the course you should have produced a short screenplay and an outline for a full-length project.Continue your screenwriting journey in this practical intermediate course. Writing exercises, presentations and screenings will teach you key skills, and you’ll begin to produce work and an outline for a full-length project.- Writing a successful outline<br>- Developing complex characters and dialogue<br>- Revisiting story, plot development, and structure<br>- Revising your script<br>- Industry standards for formatting.- Identify the key features of a successful script outline/treatment<br>- Write an outline/treatment for an original feature screenplay or television script<br>- Analyse the interpretation of scripts by directors/actors on screen with confidence<br>- Present all or part of a script in standard industry format.This is an intermediate screenwriting course suitable for those who have completed Ways into screenwriting at City Lit or an introductory screenwriting course elsewhere. An ability to write and speak fluent English is vital.Interactive tutor presentation, discussion and analysis of scripts and clips, peer and tutor feedback, writing exercises. <br />
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City Lit Writing endeavours to create a safe and welcoming space for all and we strongly support the use of content notes in our classes. This means that learners are encouraged to make their tutor and classmates aware in advance if any writing they wish to share contains material that may be deemed sensitive. If you are unsure about what might constitute sensitive content, please ask your tutor for further clarification and read our <a href=" https://www.citylit.ac.uk/expectations-for-participating-in-writing-courses" target="_blank">expectations for participating in writing courses at City Lit</a>.Please bring writing materials.<p>If you would like to continue developing skills at the intermediate level you are welcome to enrol on another term of Developing into screenwriting. Information from the tutor concerning other courses will also be offered.<br><br>All students are invited to join us at <a href=" https://www.citylit.ac.uk/latelines" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Late Lines</a>, our regular performance night for City Lit writers. Students are also encouraged to submit their work to <a href="https://www.citylit.ac.uk/betweenthelines" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Between the Lines</a>, our annual anthology of creative writing. For the latest news, courses and events, stay in touch with the Department on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/citylitcreativewriting" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a> and <a href="http://citylitwriting.bsky.social on Bluesky" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bluesky.</a></p>Writing for stage and screenWriting for stage and screenvirtual279279181HW163,HW694,HW092,HW673NONEMon,Wed,Tue11/01/27 - 22/03/2717:30 - 19:3017:3019:3011 sessions (over 11 weeks)1111 weeks or longerWeekdayKSKeeley Street,OnlineBob Schultz,Angela Clarke,Clive FordSome experienceAvailable courses2027-01-11T00:00:00+00:00,2027-01-13T00:00:00+00:00,2027-04-21T00:00:00+00:00,2027-04-20T00:00:00+00:00EveningJan 2027,Apr 2027Writing279279Developing your screenwritingdeveloping-your-screenwriting/hw163-2627,developing-your-screenwriting/hw694-2627,developing-your-screenwriting/hw092-2627,developing-your-screenwriting/hw673-2627Continue your screenwriting journey in this practical intermediate course. Writing exercises, presentations and screenings will teach you key skills, and you’ll begin to produce work and an outline for a full-length project.0000-Available|2027-01-11 00:00:00This is a practical course that develops your grounding in the craft and terminology of screenwriting. Writing exercises, group discussion and presentations by the tutor will teach you the key skills in greater depth, including structure, character and dialogue. At the end of the course you should have produced a short screenplay and an outline for a full-length project.Continue your screenwriting journey in this practical intermediate course. Writing exercises, presentations and screenings will teach you key skills, and you’ll begin to produce work and an outline for a full-length project.- Writing a successful outline<br>- Developing complex characters and dialogue<br>- Revisiting story, plot development, and structure<br>- Revising your script<br>- Industry standards for formatting.- Identify the key features of a successful script outline/treatment<br>- Write an outline/treatment for an original feature screenplay or television script<br>- Analyse the interpretation of scripts by directors/actors on screen with confidence<br>- Present all or part of a script in standard industry format.This is an intermediate screenwriting course suitable for those who have completed Ways into screenwriting at City Lit or an introductory screenwriting course elsewhere. An ability to write and speak fluent English is vital.Interactive tutor presentation, discussion and analysis of scripts and clips, peer and tutor feedback, writing exercises. <br />
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City Lit Writing endeavours to create a safe and welcoming space for all and we strongly support the use of content notes in our classes. This means that learners are encouraged to make their tutor and classmates aware in advance if any writing they wish to share contains material that may be deemed sensitive. If you are unsure about what might constitute sensitive content, please ask your tutor for further clarification and read our <a href=" https://www.citylit.ac.uk/expectations-for-participating-in-writing-courses" target="_blank">expectations for participating in writing courses at City Lit</a>.Please bring writing materials.If you would like to continue developing skills at the intermediate level you are welcome to enrol on another term of Developing into screenwriting. Information from the tutor concerning other courses will also be offered.<br><br>All students are invited to join us at <a href=" https://www.citylit.ac.uk/latelines" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Late Lines</a>, our regular performance night for City Lit writers. Students are also encouraged to submit their work to <a href="https://www.citylit.ac.uk/betweenthelines" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Between the Lines</a>, our annual anthology of creative writing. For the latest news, courses and events, stay in touch with the Department on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/citylitcreativewriting" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a> and <a href=" https://www.twitter.com/citylitwriting" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a>.,<p>If you would like to continue developing skills at the intermediate level you are welcome to enrol on another term of Developing into screenwriting. Information from the tutor concerning other courses will also be offered.<br><br>All students are invited to join us at <a href=" https://www.citylit.ac.uk/latelines" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Late Lines</a>, our regular performance night for City Lit writers. Students are also encouraged to submit their work to <a href="https://www.citylit.ac.uk/betweenthelines" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Between the Lines</a>, our annual anthology of creative writing. For the latest news, courses and events, stay in touch with the Department on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/citylitcreativewriting" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a> and <a href="http://citylitwriting.bsky.social on Bluesky" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bluesky.</a></p>Writing for stage and screenWriting for stage and screenconfigurable
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