Unlock the Secrets Behind Story Summaries: Transform Your Loglines into Unforgettable Beat Sheets!
Ever tried boiling down an epic saga into a single sentence… without losing your mind? If you’ve wrestled with finding that perfect nugget—whether pitching in an elevator or dazzling a development meeting—you know it ain’t easy. But here’s the kicker: mastering multiple ways to summarize your story isn’t just handy, it’s absolutely vital for any screenwriter who wants to be taken seriously. That’s why I’m pumped to tell you about a one-week online crash course launching May 5th that dives deep into six types of story summaries—from loglines to beat sheets—that’ll sharpen your storytelling chops and maybe even save your sanity. Because let’s face it, sometimes the story itself teaches you as much as the script does when you learn how to slice and dice it just right. Ready to up your narrative game and finally get that “God damn it! They need ANOTHER treatment!” moment under control? Here’s your shot.
Learn six different types of story summaries and how to use them to develop your scripted projects. My one-week online class starts Monday, May 5th.
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From elevator pitches to development meetings to conference calls with talent, a screenwriter’s ability to share stories in a variety of narrative forms is both a valuable and necessary skill-set. In the upcoming 1-week Screenwriting Master Class online course Story Summaries: From Loglines to Beat Sheets [starts May 5], you will learn six different story summaries that are critical assets for any screenwriter.
A screenwriter not only needs to know how to write a script, we also have to be able to convey our stories in multiple other ways. Beyond that, every time we shape a story in a different way, we learn something about it. As such, summaries can be helpful tools in developing, understanding, and crafting our scripts.
This 1-week online course that I will be teaching covers multiple story summaries: Logline, Synopsis, Breakdown, Treatment, Scriptment, and Beat Sheet.
Learn the ins and outs of six different story summaries including using them to help you craft your stories.
Plus, you will have the opportunity to craft a logline of your own story with an optional workshop exercise.
The course consists of:
Seven lectures written by Scott Myers
24/7 message board discussions
Optional workshop writing exercises with instructor and class feedback.
A live teleconference with Scott Myers and class members.
In the past, the response from participants in this course has been extremely positive. Here are some testimonials:
The prepared lectures alone are worth the price of this class. But, the added bonus of discussing the lectures as well as being able to workshop my loglines with Scott and my classmates was a fantastic learning experience that really helped me develop my ability to whittle an idea down to one intriguing sentence. If your manager, agent, guru, mother, or favorite reader asks you for a synopsis, treatment, beat sheet, or…
