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Go from an idea to a completed first draft of your screenplay with Jen and our LIVE (virtual) First Draft Course! Get individualized feedback and guidance as well as weekly workshops in a (virtual) small group setting. Make your way to your best first draft!
The 8 week course includes:
2 1 hour 1x1 meetings, one at the beginning to form a game plan, one at the end to evaluate where things are
Weekly 2 hour workshops where you will collectively work on your scripts in class together, step by step with Jen guiding you along the way using the 8 sequence Method
limited class size
August 21, 2026 last day to register
August 24 - Sept 7 2026 Initial 1×1 meeting with Jen /discussion/game plan
With the group:
(class recording will be available for a short time if you miss a class)
6p-8p PST Tues Sept 8 Week 1 -- Premise, North Star, Characters, World and Tone
6p-8p PST Tues Sept 15 Week 2 - Arcs and Theme, Beg, Mid, End
6p-8p PST Tues Sept 22. Week 3 - 8 sequence skeleton outline, scene writing
6p-8p PST Tues Sept 29. Week 4 - Act 1 - sequence 1
6p-8p PST Tues Oct 6. Week 5 - Act 1- sequence 2
6p-8p PST Tues Oct 13. Week 6 - Act 2 - sequence 3/4
6p-8p PST Tues Oct 20 Week 7 - Act 2 - sequence 5/6
6p-8p PST Tues Oct 27 Week 8 - Act 2 - sequence 7/8
Dec 1-18 Second 1×1 meeting with Jen
About Jen:
As a frequent Sundance Collab Screenwriting Instructor and accomplished writer/director, Jen Harrington’s (DGA/WGA) most recent scripts, HELL’S BELLES (Hollywood Reporter), and THE END OF LIZ AS WE KNOW IT (Hollywood Reporter), were sold to Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures, respectively, with Jake Kasdan and Melvin Mar attached to produce. Previously, she wrote and directed the horror feature SHOOK, acquired by the streamer Shudder and reviewed by the Wall Street Journal as a "guilty pleasure.” Her first feature, HOUSEKEEPING, was released by Lionsgate and After Dark Films. In the documentary world, she was co-executive producer and a director for the doc-series DEAR… for Apple TV+(Variety) and RJ Cutler and has edited several award-winning documentary features and countless television shows.
Go from an idea to a completed first draft of your screenplay with Jen and our LIVE (virtual) First Draft Course! Get individualized feedback and guidance as well as weekly workshops in a (virtual) small group setting. Make your way to your best first draft!
The 8 week course includes:
2 1 hour 1x1 meetings, one at the beginning to form a game plan, one at the end to evaluate where things are
Weekly 2 hour workshops where you will collectively work on your scripts in class together, step by step with Jen guiding you along the way using the 8 sequence Method
limited class size
August 21, 2026 last day to register
August 24 - Sept 7 2026 Initial 1×1 meeting with Jen /discussion/game plan
With the group:
(class recording will be available for a short time if you miss a class)
6p-8p PST Tues Sept 8 Week 1 -- Premise, North Star, Characters, World and Tone
6p-8p PST Tues Sept 15 Week 2 - Arcs and Theme, Beg, Mid, End
6p-8p PST Tues Sept 22. Week 3 - 8 sequence skeleton outline, scene writing
6p-8p PST Tues Sept 29. Week 4 - Act 1 - sequence 1
6p-8p PST Tues Oct 6. Week 5 - Act 1- sequence 2
6p-8p PST Tues Oct 13. Week 6 - Act 2 - sequence 3/4
6p-8p PST Tues Oct 20 Week 7 - Act 2 - sequence 5/6
6p-8p PST Tues Oct 27 Week 8 - Act 2 - sequence 7/8
Dec 1-18 Second 1×1 meeting with Jen
About Jen:
As a frequent Sundance Collab Screenwriting Instructor and accomplished writer/director, Jen Harrington’s (DGA/WGA) most recent scripts, HELL’S BELLES (Hollywood Reporter), and THE END OF LIZ AS WE KNOW IT (Hollywood Reporter), were sold to Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures, respectively, with Jake Kasdan and Melvin Mar attached to produce. Previously, she wrote and directed the horror feature SHOOK, acquired by the streamer Shudder and reviewed by the Wall Street Journal as a "guilty pleasure.” Her first feature, HOUSEKEEPING, was released by Lionsgate and After Dark Films. In the documentary world, she was co-executive producer and a director for the doc-series DEAR… for Apple TV+(Variety) and RJ Cutler and has edited several award-winning documentary features and countless television shows.
