AU Student

Delivery method: Online learning with tutor support. 

Do you have an idea for a film, television, radio or theatre script but don’t know how to begin? Have you written a script but need to redraft or reinvigorate it? Would you like to write better dialogue, more exciting plots, or bring your characters to life? 

Course Description

Do you have an idea for a film, television, radio or theatre script but don’t know how to begin? Have you written a script but need to redraft or reinvigorate it? Would you like to write better dialogue, more exciting plots, or bring your characters to life? 
 
This is a beginner’s course that provides students with a practical and theoretical guide to scriptwriting. You will learn how to develop characters, story and plot, as well as how to structure your script and write dialogue. In this course we will focus on writing the beginning of your script, covering the basics of scriptwriting to help you be able to write a full-length script. 

Scriptwriting for Beginners: Writing for Radio, Theatre, Film and TV can be studied as a stand-alone course, and it is an optional course for the Certificate of Higher Education in Creative Writing at Aberystwyth University.