Learn from a top Stage 32 Educator who has taught for Netflix + has clients who work with HBO, Showtime & more!

PLUS! Get a downloadable scene-planning worksheet that you can use for your script!

One of the key steps in your writing process is take your script apart scene by scene and carefully plan each scene to make sure it’s a perfect pearl that fits into a string of pearls that comprise your script. If you're a seasoned writer sometimes you can do this before your first draft, but often times this work gets done in the script polish.  Having your scenes flow perfectly is the difference between a script that gets a greenlight vs. one that gets a pass.

To guide you on how to do this is top Producer, Development Executive and Stage 32 Educator Anna Henry. She will ensure you have a strong sense of the basics - structure, character development, world building, formatting, etc. - all while giving careful thought to every element of each scene, planning them out in outline form.

• What is the structural role of the scene within the story?
• How should it be set up visually?
• What is the scene's purpose in communicating information to the audience about the character and the world?
• How will the scene play on screen?
• What about dialogue, emotions, tone, and themes?

Now, let’s plan a scene! In this webinar Anna will go through her proprietary 20 ELEMENTS TO PLAN A SCENE worksheet, which will help you to plan each scene of your script.  Anna will show you how to work step-by-step by analyzing some sample scenes and of course you will receive the worksheet as a downloadable file you can replicate and fill in as you plan your next rewrite! Along the way, she will cover a variety of screenwriting topics, including structure, character-driven storytelling, linking scenes, dense writing, pacing, thinking visually, dialogue & subtext. 

You will walk away feeling confident in your script's scene structure. 

PLUS! You'll get:

• A downloadable scene-planning worksheet that you can use for your script!

Praise For Anna:

"This was by far the best webinar that I have experienced." - Tiffany C.

"I really appreciate Anna's teaching method and style. She is knowledgeable and thoughtful, and really cares about her students!" -- Matthew M.

The Basic Setup

• Writing the Lead-in

• Who and where

• Determining goals, conflict, stakes

• The art of getting in and getting out

What Do We Get?

• Creating the structural function and outcome

• Sharing one key piece of information

• The character and world

How Does It Play?

• Pacing

• Suspense and surprise

• Thinking visually

• Dialogue

Important but Intangible

• Developing Emotional content

• Establishing Tone

• The Themes

Q & A with Anna

Screenwriters interested in structuring scenes better

Directors wanting to understand scene structure

Producers planning scene structure to run a more efficient set

Actors who want to understand scene structure

Praise For Anna:

"This was by far the best webinar that I have experienced." - Tiffany C.

"I really appreciate Anna's teaching method and style. She is knowledgeable and thoughtful, and really cares about her students!" -- Matthew M.