Script Groups
Would you like detailed, ongoing feedback to help improve your screenplay? Screenwriters Workshop Script Groups are the first stop for honing your craft. Each session you'll receive in-depth, page-by-page feedback from other screenwriters on your pages that will help you refine and focus your writing to best present the story you want to tell. You'll also develop your script analysis skills, increasing your ability to spot strengths and weaknesses of screenplays as you read and offer feedback on other writer's scripts. Other benefits of script groups include:
◆ Learn how to make your script more marketable - Fellow script group members help you find and correct mistakes that cause industry readers and producers to "pass" on screenplays.
◆ Expand your network of contacts in the screenwriting community - Get to know other local screenwriters who can support and encourage you in your writing as well as share valuable information about career opportunities.
◆ Experience the excitement of a live public reading of your screenplay by professional actors - Once your script has gone through the script group process it is eligible for presentation in ScriptNight, the Screenwriters Workshop's staged reading series.
Script groups meet 2 to 4 times each month. At each session, writers bring in 5 pages of the script they're working on, assign parts to the other writers present, and listen while the pages are read through. The other writers then express their feedback about the strengths and weaknesses of the pages, offering suggestions for improvement. The writer listens, takes notes, then has an opportunity to ask questions.
Script groups meet 2 to 4 times each month. At each session, writers bring in 5 pages of the script they're working on, assign parts to the other writers present, and listen while the pages are read through. The other writers then express their feedback about the strengths and weaknesses of the pages, offering suggestions for improvement. The writer listens, takes notes, then has an opportunity to ask questions.
Screenwriters Workshop currently offers three script groups:
Saturday Group
Time: 1st, 3rd and 4th Saturday, 9am to noon
Saturday Group
Time: 1st, 3rd and 4th Saturday, 9am to noon
Leader: Chris Velasco
Meeting location: Hennepin Center for the Arts - 5th Floor Conference Rm, Minneapolis
Meeting location: Hennepin Center for the Arts - 5th Floor Conference Rm, Minneapolis
Sunday Group
Time: Every Sunday, 6:30pm to 9:30 pm
Leader: Julie Meyer
Meeting location: Hennepin Center for the Arts - 5th Floor Conference Rm, Minneapolis
Thursday Group
Time: 1st and 3rd Thursday, 7pm to 9:30
Leader: Ed Leschke
Meeting location: 2nd Moon Coffeehouse, Minneapolis
Writers of all experience levels are invited to visit and observe the process, however you must be a Screenwriters Workshop member to participate. Walk-ins are welcome. If possible, please notify the group leader of your visit to ensure individual attention is provided. Contact a Script Group Leader today for more information about visiting or participating in a script group.