Screenwriting Workshop (Udemy.com)
Turn your idea into a screenplay worthy of being Hollywood's next hit!
Created by: Dani Alcorn
Last updated February 2023
What you will learn
- Turn Your Idea Into a Screenplay
- Explore What Makes Movies Award Winners
- Create a Pitch That Sells Your Idea
- Develop Compelling Characters
- Structure Your Screenplay
- Learn Techniques That Make Scenes Leap Off The Page
- Polish Your Screenplay
- Discover Resources To Help Get Your Screenplay Noticed
How it compares
Against the other 503 rated Udemy courses in Teaching & Academics on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 74% of them
- Reviews1,259#128 of 504 by number of reviews
- Length6.9 hourslonger than 74% of them
- Last updatedFebruary 2023earlier than 53% of them
Course Description
Do you have a great idea for a movie and want to turn it into a screenplay? Have you already started a screenplay and gotten stuck? Have you finished a screenplay but feel it needs polish? Screenwriting Workshop shows you how to accomplish all of these things and helps you market your work and get it onto the big screen.
In these fun and lively lessons, Dani Alcorn guides you on the path to success. You'll learn how to create and polish a screenplay step by step. Topics include:
- Story Structure
- Creating Compelling Characters
- Using Archetypes to Flesh Out Character
- The Hero's Journey
- Creating Treatments that Sell
- Developing the Perfect Beginning and Ending
- Making Your Theme Resonate
- Crafting Dialogue that Rings True
- Creating Action that Packs a Punch
- Controlling Pacing
- Screenplay Formatting
- Pitching a Great Idea
- Designing the Perfect Logline
- Online Resources for Screenwriters
- Marketing Your Screenplay
Whether you're just getting started or you're an experienced screenwriter, Screenwriting Workshop helps you turn your dream into a reality.
Instructor Details
- 4.7 Rating
1,259 Reviews
Dani Alcorn
Dani is the author of the Young Adult novel The Last Telepath, and three screenplays:
A Quintessence of Dust, a science fiction riff on what would happen if Hamlet met Bladerunner
How to Catch an Englishman, a romantic comedy about moving overseas in search of an eligible bachelor
Do No Harm, a drama that explores the ethical choices facing a heart surgeon when her personal and professional lives collide
Dani graduated Summa Cum Laude from Northwestern University, where she majored in Psychology and Radio, Television, & Film.
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Reviews
By Heather Anne Taylor on 1/31/2026
Yes, a good course for me. The only problem I have is the subtitles. They cover the writing on the screen, which is very frustrating, and are obviously AI, as there is no punctuation and a lot of spelling mistakes, possibly also from unclear vocals. I've just finished this course. It was very interesting and informative, would recommend it! The only problems were the glitches that froze some lessons, which, after a restart of the website, were ok, and the subtitles that continually got in the way of note-taking, just had to pause when there were no subtitles...annoying. But the content was fantastic, and Dani was an engaging teacher. Thank you.
By Colin Nimneh on 3/17/2025
Great course; very informative. Two things missing in these courses (not just this one) the financial incentive, how much money you can make per screenplay, and the legal side, such as copyrights protection and intellectual property rights. A brief explanation of how to uphold your rights and what rights you have would be another incentive.
By Soha Noseir on 7/18/2022
this course is impressive really all you need to know as a beginner writer. I enjoyed it a lot and I could not wait to finish it. I learned a lot from the course, and the instructor helped with extra details of every single step across the whole journey. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to begin screenwriting!! Thanks so much!!!
By Abirame S on 6/17/2021
This is a full fledged course for screen writing with comprehensive video lectures. I had gained so much knowledge from this course. You can also reach out to the instructor if you have any doubts and get immediate response. It was a hands on experience for me! so go ahead and take up this course asap :) Thank You
By Nonjabulo Malinga on 11/22/2020
Very informative and comprehension. The instructor really knows her stuff
By Samuel Morney on 11/15/2020
So far, very informative and very helpful.
By Samuel M on 11/9/2020
So far, very informative and very helpful. I'm editing my review because its the only way I know to thank Dani and other instructors for their invaluable help on my journey that started 4 months ago to the day, yesterday. And exactly for months later, I sent my first script in to the Library of Congress. It started with Dani's class and the journey has been extraordinary. So Dani, I hope you get this. Thank you. Samuel Morney.
By Victor Ramon Mojica on 10/16/2020
It is helping me to structure my screenplay as never before. Great class! My original story has developed in leaps and bounds!!!
By Mark Weinert on 10/15/2020
Great information so far. As a beginner this helps a great deal to give my story the structure that I need.
By Troy Stark on 9/26/2020
This course is for absolute beginners. If you've never read a screenwriting book before then this will be a lot of help, but there isn't a lot of new information in here. Solid refresher. A few good exercises.
By Tatjana Argamante on 9/25/2020
Wow ! Very detailed !
By Ayan Jamaal Nur on 9/12/2020
great content and excellent speaker!
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Overall Score : 94 / 100






