This course will provide guidance to writers and creatives on:
• The Shapes of Stories
• What Defines a Plot Twist and Why They Are Necessary
• Character at the Heart of The Screen Story
• Creating and Sustaining Dramatic Tension
• Putting the Audience’s Experience First
Mary Kate O’Flanagan is an award-winning screenwriter and story consultant in the European film and television industry. She teaches screenwriting in The UK and The US, across Europe as well as in Ireland for Screen Training Ireland among others.
She has written six feature-length screenplays, five of which have been optioned and supported by funding from Bord Scannain/IFB and a pilot for a television series which won the EATC Prix Europa.
Mary Kate is Ireland’s First Grand Slam Champion Storyteller at The Moth, a title she won at The Abbey Theatre in October 2015. She is also The Grand Slam Champion Storyteller at The Moth in LA, a title she won in January 2017.
Participant Profile:
Emerging screenwriters, producers and development personnel.
Application Procedure:
Please apply online at www.screentrainingireland.ie with a current CV by 12:00 on the 22nd of March. For further information please email grainne.bennett@screentrainingireland.ie
Tutors: Mary Kate O’Flanagan
Date: Tuesday, April 10th, 2018
Duration: 2 Days
Venue: Dublin TBC
Cost: €150