Stage 32 3-Part Class: How To Hook Your Reader In The First 5 Pages

Learn what executives look for in the first five pages of your script from a producer whose worked with HBO, Universal, Fox, CBS and more!

The first five pages of your script are perhaps the most important of your entire story. Those initial pages must hook your reader from the very first word and entice them to follow you into the world your story has created. No matter the genre, those first five pages are key.  Whether you’re submitting your script to a screenwriting contest, a manager, an agent, a producer, or director, your job as a writer it to craft those pages in such a way that the reader is compelled to keep reading.  Whether you are writing your first script or your fiftieth, learning to make those first five pages sing is a critical skill.

Your instructor teaching you how to make your first 5 pages really pop is Regina Lee. Regina is a film and TV series producer and former studio executive who has worked with writers and talent of all levels to get their projects sold to studios and networks like HBO, FOX, BET, Lifetime, Starz, Universal Pictures, The CW, CBS and more. She began her executive career at Universal Pictures, where she was the primary executive in charge of movies like X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE, THE FAST & THE FURIOUS 3, THE GOOD SHEPHERD, AMERICAN WEDDING, SEABISCUIT and more. Regina has a deep and accomplished history of elevating projects and helping writer's find success; because she's been both a producer and a studio executive, she understands what it takes for scripts to break through.

Over the course of three jam-packed on-demand sessions, Regina goes in depth on what NEEDS to happen in your script’s first five pages, what executives are looking for, the typical paradigms for a script’s opening, and how you can give executives what they want to see.

You will leave this class with a solid understanding of how to get your reader hooked in only 5 pages or less!

Praise for Regina’s Stage 32 Class

"Regina offers great insight. This class instantly made me a better writer.” -- David L.

"Thanks for a wonderful class! Your efforts have been amazing." --Heather F.

"Great class, very helpful and useful information."  --John R.

"I just re-wrote my first five pages based on this class and Regina's incredibly insightful feedback, and wow! What a difference it made. This class is a "must take" Stage 32'ers!" -- Shari F.