May 17-21, 2010
at the University of Oklahoma

This one week, intensive, course is aimed at the conception, planning and writing of a screenplay. Through a series of lectures, writing exercises, treatments in-class readings and film clips, the student will be expected to start their original screenplay. The class will also be concerned with the basics of character, narrative, dramatic structure, thematics, genre and the ability to visualize in writing.

Kevin Mahoney is a screenwriter and playwright and coordinator of the Film, Video, and Theatre Program at the University of New Mexico, Taos.