Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome & Practicalities

    • Welcome to the Course
    • What to Expect: The Practicalities
    • The Legality of It All
    • FAQ
    • Recommended Resources
  • 2

    Module 1: Learning from Biodramas

    • The Power of the Biodrama
    • Unleashing Your Unconscious
    • Know Your History
    • Reverse-Engineer It
    • What to Expect in Module 2
  • 3

    Module 2: Doing some Digging

    • Ethics 1: Are You the Right Writer?
    • Suitability 1: Finding Your 'Why'
    • Suitability 2: Dramatic Viability
    • Suitability 3: The Story Within the Story
    • Ethics 2: Unconscious Bias
    • Sam Smiley's Questions
    • What to Expect in Module 3
  • 4

    Module 3: Primary Research

    • Research: Getting Inside Your Character
    • Research: Wide to Narrow
    • Research: Your Bio-Character's Childhood
    • Research: Experiencing Your Script's Location
    • Representation: Appease or Provoke?
    • Representation: Inspired By or Based Upon?
    • 51 Things
    • Vox Populi
    • What to Expect in Module 4
  • 5

    Module 4: Shaping a Bio Drama

    • The Highly Examined Life
    • The Inciting Incident
    • Research & Imagination
    • Two Images
    • The Emotional Wound
    • The Hero's Journey in Biodrama
    • Research: When to Stop
    • What to Expect in Module 5
  • 6

    Module 5: Paths into Dramatic Structure

    • Your Outline, Part 1: Finding the Dramatic Shape
    • Your Outline, Part 2: Different Approaches to Outlining
    • Using a Recognisable Social Event
    • Narrative Structures & Dramatic Principles
    • Compressing Time
    • 'Because' in Character Development
    • The Obligatory Scene
    • What's Working So Far?
    • Halfway Mark Checklist, and What to Expect in Module 6
  • 7

    Module 6: Conflict, Action and Story

    • Conflict Muscle
    • One Paragraph to Tell Their Story
    • Action Event Mapping
    • Constructing the Antagonist
    • What to Expect in Module 7
  • 8

    Module 7: True Dramatic Characters

    • Meeting World and Character
    • Dominant Trait
    • Differentiate Support Characters
    • Dialogue Part 1: How Your Bio-Character Speaks
    • Dialogue Part 2: Words and The Actor
    • Finding Humour
    • What to Expect in Module 8
  • 9

    Module 8: Finishing Your Developed Outline

    • Amping Up Your Scenes
    • Power of a Good Ending
    • Red Hot Outline to First Draft
    • What to Expect in Module 9
  • 10

    Module 9: Rough Draft to First Draft

    • Rough Draft to First Draft – Part 1
    • Rough Draft to First Draft - Part 2
    • Rough Draft to First Draft – Part 3
    • What to Expect in Module 10
  • 11

    Module 10: Read-throughs and Rehearsals

    • The First Read-Through
    • Handling Feedback
    • The Draft After the Reading
    • The Rehearsal and Production Phase
    • Farewell from Tee