Jul 10More — Issue #17. Playwriting: Structure: The grapevineThis is part of an ongoing series of tutorials about playwriting, screenwriting, and TV writing, taken from the courses I taught, both online and in-classroom, at Vancouver Island University. I’m publishing them here and on Revue in hopes they’ll prove of use to budding scriptwriters out there, as well as…Playwriting6 min read
May 21More — Issue #16. Playwriting: RhythmThis is part of an ongoing series of tutorials about playwriting, screenwriting, and TV writing, taken from the courses I taught, both online and in-classroom, at Vancouver Island University. I’m posting them here in hopes they’ll prove of use to budding scriptwriters, as well as more experienced ones looking for…Playwriting6 min read
Apr 18More — Issue #15: Playwriting: Structure: Lift-offThis is part of an ongoing series of tutorials about playwriting, screenwriting, and TV writing, taken from the 1st-year course I taught, both online and in-classroom, at Vancouver Island University. Now I’m publishing them here in hopes they’ll prove of use to budding scriptwriters out there, as well as more…Scriptwriting8 min read
Apr 9More — Issue #14: Playwriting: Theatre may not be what you think it isThis is part of an ongoing series of tutorials about playwriting, screenwriting, and TV writing, taken from the 1st-year course I taught, both online and in-classroom, at Vancouver Island University. Now I’m publishing them here in hopes they’ll prove of use to budding scriptwriters out there, as well as more…Scriptwriting4 min read
Dec 19, 2021More — Issue #13: Scriptwriting: Scenes, and why scripts are like chocolate barsThis is part of an ongoing series of tutorials about playwriting, screenwriting, and TV writing, taken from the 1st-year course I taught, both online and in-classroom, at Vancouver Island University. Now I’m publishing them here in hopes they’ll prove of use to budding scriptwriters, or more experienced ones looking for…Scriptwriting7 min read
Dec 11, 2021More — Issue #12. Scriptwriting: ConflictThis is part of an ongoing series of tutorials about playwriting, screenwriting, and TV writing, taken from the 1st-year course I taught, both online and in-classroom, at Vancouver Island University. Now I’m publishing them on Revue and Medium in hopes they’ll prove of use to budding scriptwriters out there, or…Scriptwriting6 min read
Nov 19, 2021More — Issue #11. Scriptwriting: VoiceBack in August and September, I posted the tutorials from my online Feature Writing course at Vancouver Island University, where I taught in the Department of Creative Writing and Journalism before leaving to spend more time with my Chia Pets. …Scriptwriting7 min read
Nov 8, 2021More — Issue #10. Scriptwriting: First impressions count, and why characters aren’t human beingsBack in August and September, I posted the tutorials from my online Feature Writing course at Vancouver Island University, where I taught in the Department of Creative Writing and Journalism before leaving to spend more time with my Chia Pets. …Scriptwriting6 min read
Oct 24, 2021More — Issue #9: Scriptwriting: Playwriting: Creating charactersBack in August and September, I posted the tutorials from my online Feature Writing course at Vancouver Island University, where I taught in the Department of Creative Writing and Journalism before leaving to spend more time with my Chia Pets. …Scriptwriting8 min read
Sep 12, 2021More — Issue #8: EndingsI taught a lot of online courses at Vancouver Island University, in journalism and scriptwriting, even before the pandemic. Over the next few months, I’ll post the tutorials on which they were based here. …Journalism4 min read
