Stage 32 Screenwriting Lab: Write Your Drama Feature Film Screenplay In 8 Weeks

Work one-on-one with Jonny Grant, an accomplished screenwriter represented by Zero Gravity Management whose films THE DARE (Millennium, Lionsgate) and ARTHUR AND MERLIN: KNIGHTS OF CAMELOT (Film Mode, Signature Entertainment) were released globally!

PLUS! You'll receive exclusive handouts to help while writing your drama feature film script!

***Flexible Learning: if you cannot attend any of the sessions live don't worry - you will be sent the links to the recordings of each session within 48 hours of the live session and you will have direct access to Jonny on email to ask him any questions about your craft or career so you can keep up at your own pace and schedule.***

Payment plans available - contact edu@stage32.com for details

The feature film drama is a mainstay of popular culture. Recent dramas like THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, THE WHALE, BABYLON, AMSTERDAM, and CAUSEWAY prove that audiences, critics and distributors can't get enough. People relate deeply to these stories with high stakes and nuanced characters facing complicated conflicts. Dramas follow a clearly defined narrative plot structure, portraying real-life scenarios or extreme situations with emotionally-driven characters.

There will always be a robust market for engaging human stories, which means writing your own drama feature film will greatly increase your development opportunities. In fact, there has been a massive increase in the demand for drama feature films in recent years. This year’s historical drama OPPENHEIMER is now one of the highest grossing films of the decade and will only increase the amount of drama feature films greenlit by studios and streamers who want to capitalize on the success of dramatic stories. So now is the perfect time to write your drama feature film.

In this exclusive Stage 32 8-part screenwriting lab, you will work one-on-one with an experienced and multi-time produced screenwriter to write your very own drama feature film screenplay to completion. You will not only write your script but you will learn the fundamentals of writing dramas and how to create a successful and memorable protagonist that your readers cannot stop rooting for. 

Guiding you step-by-step through writing your very own drama screenplay is Jonny Grant. Jonny is a British screenwriter represented by Zero Gravity Management. Jonny's 2020 feature THE DARE (Millennium, Lionsgate) was released theatrically across Europe, India and Hong Kong, as well as on VOD in the United States. Jonny’s second feature, ARTHUR AND MERLIN: KNIGHTS OF CAMELOT (Film Mode, Signature Entertainment) was released in the UK and the US. Both films are available on streaming platforms, and on DVD. Jonny's horror spec feature IN DEATH SHE WAITS was recently optioned by Entertainment Squad (TALES OF HALLOWEEN, SLAXX, SEA FEVER). Bonnie Aarons (THE NUN, THE CONJURING 2) and Richard Brake (GAME OF THRONES, THE MANDALORIAN) are provisionally attached. Lynn Davison (Shudder’s MANDRAKE) is attached to direct. Jonny is also working with Jen Sheridan (Disney’s EXTRAORDINARY) on her next feature, titled 4AM.

Over eight interactive sessions, including TWO one-on-one sessions with Jonny, you will write your screenplay to completion and, along the way, learn the key elements that make drama films successful and break down the creative process of developing your drama feature film script. Jonny will walk you through the entire story process that will get you from your original concept to delivering a draft of your script. You will build your outline, develop your characters, and write your drama feature film script with his expert guidance.

By the end of this 8-week lab, you will have a completed draft of your drama feature film script in hand that you can shop to producers and production companies, and that can serve as an effective writing sample to help you find a rep!

PRAISE FOR JONNY'S PREVIOUS STAGE 32 EDUCATION:

"Jonny is one of my favorite teachers across any course I've taken. He's smart and knows his stuff, but even better he actually helps each person with their work." --Mikey F.

"Jonny is really great. He's made some movie so he knows firsthand how the process goes from idea in your head to the page to the screen!" -- Karl L.