La construction de personnages et de dialogues
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Workshop or class Online
Drafting Your Feature Screenplay in Five Days
Run by Sundance Institute (Sundance Collab)
Kat O'Brien teaches this Monday-to-Friday Zoom intensive on drafting a feature quickly, from 1 to 4 p.m. Pacific each afternoon. No outline is needed, writers trade in-class pages in small groups, and the recordings stay up for a year, which helps anyone attending from a distant time zone.
Deadline Nov 12, 2026 (closes in 23 days)
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Dates
| Deadline | Date | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Registration closes | Nov 12, 2026 | USD 395 |
It runs Nov 16 to 20, 2026.
Deadlines are as the organizer states them. Check the time zone on the official page.
At a glance
- Cost
- From $395Plus a 3.5% and 20 cent processing fee; two-part payment plan if registered by 2026-11-02
- Formats
- Feature
- Held in
- English
- Where
- Online
- Who can attend
- Beginner to intermediate writers. No outline or earlier draft is required, but you should know standard screenplay format and have screenwriting software. No application; you register directly.
What to send
- Also asked for
- Nothing to submit in advance.
Need your pages in standard screenplay format first? The free screenplay formatter lays them out and saves a PDF.
What it gives besides money
Three-hour live sessions each afternoon, homework, feedback in small groups on the pages you write in class, a chance to have pages read aloud, a certificate and a year of access to the recordings. A private 45-minute session with the instructor costs USD 150 extra. Limited need-based scholarships.
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