Join screenwriter\, novelist\, playwright\ , producer\, and Senior Professor of Practice Scott Lax\, as he shares the essential elements of the 3-Act screenplay structure of set up\, rising a ction\, and resolution. In this fun and intensive hour-and-a-half session\ , Scott will cover the basics of creating a screenplay\, including charact er\, dialogue\, narrative\, formatting\, and adaptation of other literary forms. He&rsquo\;ll talk about an often overlooked but critical element of a screenplay\, which is what producers and directors look for\, as well a s what to avoid. He&rsquo\;ll show you how to move to the next level of yo ur screenplay with the correct software and support material.
\nCall ed &ldquo\;a master wordsmith of the first order&rdquo\; by the Midwest Bo ok Review\, Scott Lax teaches Screenwriting at the Cleveland Institute of Art\, where he received the 2025 Dan Tranberg Teaching Excellence Award. H e was named &ldquo\;Midwest Filmmaker of the Year&rdquo\; by the Cleveland International Film Festival for the movie version of his novel\, The Year That Trembled\, which was listed as one of 1998&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;mileston es in fiction&rdquo\; by the Denver Post. Scott has adapted his novel\, Ve ngeance Follows\, into a screenplay. Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Ron Pow ers wrote\, &ldquo\;Vengeance Follows is mesmerizing and masterful\, with a Richard Russo-like respect for the human soul.&rdquo\;
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