Advanced Play writing with Kiefer Wes Williams
Course details
This 8-part course is delivered by Grin Theatre’s Kiefer Wes Williams aims to give writers all they need to write a full play
In this advanced playwriting writing course, participants are aiming to produce a 45-minute script through guided sessions and workshops related to writing for the stage. Participants MUST have completed the initial basic sessions on playwriting with The Plays the Thing and/or Make it Write’s 10-minute play course.
Price £75 per person
What you will learn
The eight sessions will cover the following elements:
Giving in to Your Muse : the writer and the imagination – how the writer can harness individual imagination through writing techniques and exercises. Also to look how inspiration plays an important role in the writing process.
Setting Goals and maintaining discipline : How to target the writers time and delegate writing tasks in a sensible and stress-free manner. Setting realistic goals and balancing writing time and lifestyle.
Characterisation and Dialogue : how to refine characterisation and dialogue through your writing. Understanding the importance of character development and extending how dialogue works to the writers advantage
Mapping the Journey : Understanding the ideal plotting tools available to the writer. Realising the journey to be taken. Making use of logging techniques. Being one step ahead of the process.
Creating The Script : How to pull everything together in a cohesive whole. Learning to edit and facing the final draft. How to access where you are at this moment
Delivery of Script : To the tutor and to be assessed by both MiW and Grin Theatre for an additional fee.
The course is designed in such a way that writers are able to communicate, develop and utilise their skills in a workshop setting to eventually produce and present scripts for submissions to either MiW and/or Grin Theatre Company
The course is designed to run over the course of 8 Saturdays with a break for Christmas 10.30-12.30 at Studio Below, 39 Rodney Street
7/14/21 Dec and 4/11/18/25 Jan and 1st Feb