If you’d like to learn how to write a Hollywood movie, Aubrey M. Horton will be teaching a private series of screenwriting workshops at Western Washington University this fall in Bellingham, WA.

Horton is an award-winning screenwriter. He received his MFA in screenwriting from UCLA film school (“the Harvard of screenwriting”). He’s consulted on projects for Warner Bros., Paramount, and HBO. Horton has had six development deals and has worked as a freelance story analyst for the Dick Clark Film Group. He’s doctored scripts for five screenwriters who’ve won national competitions. He’s also edited five books for the Directors Guild and has worked as a judge for two national screenwriting competitions.

In the fall Horton will teach two private screenwriting workshops at the Viking Union. There’s a Saturday 4-week course and a Sunday 8-week course. This workshop series has produced numerous screenplays which have received national recognition in the top screenwriting competitions, e.g., Nicholl, Chesterfield, Austin Heart of Film, and CineStory.

A workshop participant won First Place in the Hollywood Symposium Screenplay Contest. Writers have landed WGA agents and have garnered development/option deals with the major studios, e.g., Paramount Pictures and Warner Brothers.

Horton’s Saturday 4-week course starts September 30 – from 2 to 5 p.m. – at WWU’s Viking Union. The tuition fee is $380. This is an introductory course which covers the basic nuts and bolts of screenwriting. Workshop participants will learn proper screenplay format. The primary focus will be on learning how to write cinematic scenes vis-a-vis professional standards. Topics covered will include structure, dialogue, commercial storytelling, character definition, and dramatic intensity.

Horton’s Sunday 8-week workshop starts October 1^st – from 2 to 5 p.m. – at WWU’s Viking Union. The tuition fee is $580. Participants will write a feature-length screenplay. The emphasis will be on the storytelling elements which Hollywood demands of its writers. You’ll be taught the “secrets of the trade.”

The primary focus will be on story transfer – i.e., on learning how to enhance the storytelling process with solid structure, dramatic pacing, and believable character development.

Enrollment is limited to eight slots. No writing sample is required. Applications are first reviewed before acceptance. You do not have to be enrolled in college to take this course. Applications are due September 23rd.

If you’d like to apply for a workshop, please email:

info@ScriptDoctor911.com

Remember to include your postal mailing address and your phone # in your request.

Specify the 4-week or the 8-week course.

If you live within driving distance of Bellingham, WA (i.e., if you live in the Puget Sound area) – you’ll be sent the complete course description via the U.S. mail.

These are private workshops. You must be at least 18 years old to apply. More info is available @ www.ScriptDoctor911.com.