ISA Craft Courses

Register by January 14 and receive a $100 registration discount! The class will go up to $599 on January 15! Your price before January 15 is $499. **A payment plan is available. Class begins on February 21!

We are bundling this live class with the ISA's TV Story Weekend event in January, meaning if you purchase this class before January 15, for $599 you will get Max Timm's live 12-week class AND registration into the TV Story Weekend event (a $199 value). Just choose the "Story Weekend Bundle" payment option under fee type on the registration form.

The THIRD round of the ISA Craft Course Live Class & Workshop! Class begins on February 21, 2017. Space is limited. Many of the writers from the previous class interval will remain, and we can only have a maximum of 30 writers. If there is a need, we may open a second class on a different night. Currently class takes place every Tuesday night in Brentwood from 7:00 - 10:00pm.

The class, taught by veteran instructor, published author, and the ISA's Director of Community outreach, Max Timm, will meet once per week for twelve weeks and is structured so that every three months a new interval begins.

If you wish to get a sense of Max's teaching style, consider listening to his solo podcast, "The Craft" on the ISA's Curious About Screenwriting Network: http://www.networkisa.org/podcasts.php?search_targ...

This class and workshop is for writers interested in writing a TV Pilot or Feature script every three months. Whether you're advanced or determined to become advanced, your first draft will feel like a 3rd draft by the time you're done!

(**A payment plan is available)

BENEFITS:

- The first half of class will concentrate on a lecture and weekly lesson, and sometimes an industry guest. The latter half of the class will focus on group workshopping, feedback, support, and material review.

- Lessons and lectures will focus on breaking down the elements of story - from character conflict to creating an emotional journey for your main character through sound structure and a powerful recurring moment. We also focus your time on the writing on the page and creating the best possible scene, every scene. Each of the individual elements Max teaches will have specific exercises, assignments, and practical objectives to help build your project. With deadlines!

- The writer's aim will be to either finish a rewrite in those 12 weeks, or complete the first draft of a new project. The writer does need to have at least an idea ready to go when coming into class (yes, you can switch to a new idea half-way through if absolutely necessary).

- Your material will be evaluated and you will receive notes on the finished script at the end of the 12-week interval.

ENHANCED BENEFITS:

- Creative support via phone and/or email every weekend.

-The writer's project, when completed, will be considered by the ISA to be submitted to industry contacts, managers, agents, producers, etc through the ISA Development Program.

- Once per 12-week interval (3 months), the ISA will rent out a theatre and hold readings of multiple sequences from various writers in the group with live actors. A party will be held after the readings.

PAYMENT OPTIONS:

- Enrollment Price - ($499) - if paid in full, you receive a $200 discount if you enroll by December 9 (price goes up to $599 as of December 15)

- Story Weekend Bundle - ($599) - includes the January 14 and 15 TV Story Weekend event.

- Class Payment Plan - (3 x $175) - three monthly payments of $175. You do NOT receive the Story Weekend event with this payment plan.

WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW?

- The class will go in three-month intervals - 12 weeks for each group. Any writer can choose to stay in the group for the next interval, though the writer must commit to the full three months each time, i.e. you could stay in the group year-round if you wish, or only stay for one interval (or two, and so on).

-The class will take place on Tuesday nights from 7-10pm in West LA (just west of the 405 and south of Brentwood) at 12304 Santa Monica Blvd.

- Snacks and beverages (tea, Gatorade, veggies, cookies, etc) will be provided each class.

- Each class/group will last for three hours with a 20 minute break/intermission.

- Parking is available in the subterranean parking structore of the building at a fee, but street parking is quite accessible on Santa Monica Blvd after 6:30pm.

- Easily the cheapest weekly screenwriting class you will find. It's like paying for a monthly writing club and consultant, but the writer will actually get things done and make new friends.

Class begins in February! Set your 2017 off on the right track and join up-and-coming writers set on creating a career as a working writer. Register today! Seats will fill up quick.