La construction de personnages et de dialogues
Quebec's screenwriters' guild runs this six-day French-language course on building fiction characters for film and TV and on what dialogue does, from function to subtext.
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Workshop or class Online
Save the Cat! Beat Sheet Workshop
Playwright and TV writer John Yearley takes up to eight writers from a bare idea to a full 15-beat outline using the Save the Cat method. The four weeknight Zoom sessions run 7 to 9:30 p.m. Eastern with short assignments between them, and writers finish with a logline and a pitch.
Starts Nov 5, 2026 (starts in 16 days)
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Dates
It runs Nov 5 to 13, 2026.
At a glance
- Cost
- From $395Full refund if cancelled 10 or more days ahead, otherwise a USD 100 credit
- Held in
- English
- Where
- Online
- Who can attend
- Any writer with a story idea; no previous Save the Cat experience needed. Capped at eight writers.
What to send
- Also asked for
- Short assignments between sessions.
Need your pages in standard screenplay format first? The free screenplay formatter lays them out and saves a PDF.
What it gives besides money
A finished 15-beat outline, a logline and pitch, and live instructor feedback during four 2.5-hour Zoom sessions.
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