Adventures in Screenwriting
These are structured classes, analytical and practical, for anyone committed to writing for film and television — whether you’re a beginner or an experienced professional. We’ll look at scripts, scenes and sequences, beginnings and endings — and everything in between — with a strong emphasis on character, and structure. But I am emphatically not regurgitating hand-me down formulae or second hand ‘paradigms’. I’ll set practical exercises and homework assignments to pose particular screenwriting challenges designed to significantly improve your work, and expand your vision.
In each session we’ll get to grips with certain key elements of screenwriting, and explore some of the common pitfalls and challenges — and unique opportunities — of this unusually demanding art.
Monthly: Sundays 5:00 - 7:00 pm (UK time)/9:00 - 11:00 am (Pacific Time).
Classes in 2025:
The second Sunday of each month: March 9, April 13, May 11, June 8, July 13, Aug 10, Sept 14, Oct 12, Nov 9, Dec 14.
Where: Online via Zoom
Fee: £35 or $50 per class.
Places are limited so please book early to reserve your place.
Whether you’re an experienced professional or just starting out, I’m confident my classes can make a real difference to your screenwriting progress and inspire you to do your very best work.
-
Chris is the Mr. Miyagi of screenwriting, imparting the kind of knowledge you won’t find in any screenwriting book. Chris’s teachings were invaluable in taking me from a novice screenwriter to selling my first screenplay. His knowledge of story is masterful.
— Gavin D, Writer | Director
-
Chris Fallon is a generous, rigorous and emotionally intuitive teacher who supports his students to write bravely and take risks with their work. I remember the thrill of my first screenwriting classes with Chris. It felt like he was helping us crack a secret code, which of course he was.
— Annalisa Dinnella