Out of Your Head and Onto the Page: Screenplay Story Development

Have a story you’ve been wanting to tell? Not sure where to begin? We’ll unpack the process of taking your idea to the page by discussing how to develop a story for the screen. We’ll explore different writing processes, screenplay structure, and questions to ask yourself as you develop your idea so that you learn how to take your story out of your head and on the way to “Fade In.”

About the presenter:

Ruth Atkinson is a Canadian, Los Angeles-based script consultant and story editor who has been helping writers, directors and producers tell their stories for over 25 years. She has story edited and consulted on award winning, internationally distributed shorts, features and television series that have screened at high profile festivals such as TIFF, Cannes, Sundance, Berlin and SXSW, in theaters globally and on North American cable and streamers. In addition, Ruth is story advisor for Film Independent’s signature diversity program, Project Involve, as well as their Screenwriting Lab and has travelled internationally with their Global Media Makers program. Ruth is also the facilitator of the Whistler Film Festival Screenwriters Lab held annually in British Columbia.