Online Screenwriting Labs —

With author & award winning screenwriter Max Adams
LAB: THE PACING LAB

LAB: THE PACING LAB

Still struggling with second act pacing? We will be working on pacing in this lab, studying act breaks, scene compression, story engine, plot focus, compression, using cause and effect, escalation & turning points, narrative dramatic tension, the difference between tension and suspense, comedic tension — and much much more.

LAB: THE LOOKBOOK LAB

LAB: THE LOOKBOOK LAB

Learn & study lookbook design & composition in this weekend lab with author & award winning screenwriter Max Adams. You will learn lookbook composition and creation in a hands on demonstration of lookbook creation & design in this Zoom lab using Canvas tools, templates and more.

LAB: THE LOGLINE LAB

LAB: THE LOGLINE LAB

Still struggling with loglines? We are going to be covering things like the two types of loglines, using tone in loglines, when stakes apply and when they do not in loglines, the importance of the word “must,” the mindset of an industry logline reader, why metaphors and adjectives are not your logline’s friend — and much much more.

2023 || 2024 SIX WEEK SCREENWRITING MASTER CLASSES SCHEDULE

2023

 

01.10.23: The First 30 Pages
03.14.23: Mastering Story Momentum
05.16.23: Visual Writing
07.11.23: Dynamic Writing
09.05.23: Character Writing
11.07.23: Dialogue Writing
11.07.23: The First 30 Pages *special session

 

2024

 

01.09.24: High Concept Writing


01.09.24: The First 30 Pages
03.12.24: Mastering Story Momentum
05.07.24: Visual Writing
07.09.24: Dynamic Writing
09.10.24: Character Writing
11.05.24: Dialogue Writing

—REGISTRATION FOR EARLY 2024 MASTER CLASSES IS OPEN—
2023 SCREENWRITING LABS SCHEDULE
09.23.23 || 8 PM EST: Logline Lab (saturday)
09.30.23 || 8 PM EST: Lookbook Lab (saturday)

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Author & Award Winning Screenwriter Max Adams

Your Instructor

MAX ADAMS is an author and award winning screenwriter. She has written for Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures, Tri-Star Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Walt Disney Studios, Universal Pictures — and a couple others to remain unnamed because no one around here wants to get black listed.

Max is a former volunteer AFI Alumni reader and WGAw online mentor, has appeared as a speaker at, among other places, AMPAS, USC, and Film Arts Foundation, is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at University of Utah and a former lecturer & instructor at New York Film Academy, is the author of The Screenwriter’s Survival Guide AND The New Screenwriter’s Survival Guide, is the founder of two international online screenwriting workshops and has the dubious distinction of having been dubbed “Red Hot Adams” by Daily Variety for selling three pitches over a holiday weekend — which made her agents cry.

[In a good way.]

She answers now to both “Max” and “Red Hot” in crowds and dog parks.

Testimonials

LAB: THE LOGLINE LAB

LAB: THE LOGLINE LAB

A Two Hour Lab with Screenwriter Max Adams:   LAB SUBJECT: The Logline LAB DATES: 09.23.23 LAB TIME: 8 PM EST LAB FEE: $59.00 || LAB LOCATION: The is an online Zoom labSchedule: FIRST HOUR: 45 Minute Lecture & Presentation from Max Adams & 15 Minute Break...

DIALOGUE WRITING || ONLINE MASTER COURSE

DIALOGUE WRITING || ONLINE MASTER COURSE

DIALOGUE WRITING || ONLINE MASTER COURSE   COURSE: A Six Week Online Master Screenwriting Course Studying with Max Adams Course Dates: 11.07.23 || 11.05.24 Course Fee: $475 || Course Deposit: $150 Course Location: ONLINE Dialogue Writing is an accelerated...

THE FIRST 30 PAGES || ONLINE MASTER COURSE

THE FIRST 30 PAGES || ONLINE MASTER COURSE

THE FIRST 30 PAGES || ONLINE MASTER COURSE   COURSE: A Six Week Online Master Screenwriting Course Studying with Max Adams Course Dates: 11.07.23 *special session || 01.09.24 Course Fee: $475 || Course Deposit: $150 Course Location:  ONLINE The First 30 Pages is...