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Max Adams is the kind of smart, engaging teacher that made me want to be a better writer — and she helped me do it.

You laid the foundation, Max. Best teacher ever!

I believe BLOOD IN THE BONE, my feature Femmenoir, would never have been selected by the Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards if I didn’t have the brains and support of the AFW screenwriting support group and wisdom of our fearless leader Max Adams.

Max Adams has helped to completely transform the way I write scripts. Placement of several scripts in multiple competitions is a direct result of the skills I have developed through participation in Max’s classes and workshop.

I’ve taken all of Max’s classes and quite simply, her focused methods and attention to detail blow every other screenwriting class out of the water.

Thank you. You have completely given me confidence and skills I didn’t have before. Couldn’t have done this without taking your classes.

The brilliance of taking Max Adams’ classes is you start seeing improvement in your writing almost immediately.

Max’s workshop was a transformative experience for me as a young writer.

For a screenwriter, Max Adams’ 5150 Workshop is one of the best things you can do to improve yourself and your work. If you’re lucky enough to catch an open spot, TAKE IT!!!

It’s so big what you are to screenwriting and what you give to others and how you collect and champion writers who do more than write, they produce. That’s huge in this business of writing and what sets you above the rest.

I carried Max’s advice over to my fiction and have now sold & published five novels.

Max Adams’ classes are the best I have ever taken. In every class I have experienced a “light bulb” moment that raised my scripts to another level.

AFW’s 5150 workshop has given an incredible boost to my writing, thanks to the guidance of Max Adams.

Max Adams has been a keen mentor, champion and cheerleader. Her online classes have provided me with very specific and important screenwriting tools. My short script, Minerva’s War, was a 2014 Finalist at the Lady Filmmakers Film Festival in Beverly Hills as a direct result of learning and applying these techniques.

Max Adams is one of the most knowledgeable and talented people in screenwriting that I know, all writers need to hear what Max Adams has to say.

The input I got from Max Adams lifted my script, ‘Redemption,’ from a SemiFinalist to a Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting award winner.

If you want someone to challenge you to dive deep and pull the BEST out of yourself, Max is that whip-smart coach, teacher, and mentor.

Max is as smart, tough, and entertaining as she sounds in her book. It’s hard to imagine a better mentor.

If you want to take the next step in your writing, Max makes the difference. She’s hands-on in classes that balance essential skills with insights you won’t get anywhere else.

You know that saying, ‘You don’t know what you don’t know?’ That was my experience before taking classes at The Academy of Film Writing. Hands down, my writing transformed more after taking Max’s courses than any other time period or curriculum.

Max’s workshop and courses have played a pivotal role in my development as a writer. If you’ve been seeking a teacher with practical knowledge and industry experience to match, look no further: the AFW is for you.