Building Better Stories for Screen

Whether a half-hour comedy, one-hour drama, or a two-hour feature film, all narratives adhere to the rules of dramatic storytelling. What are those rules? And how can you use them to diagnose, organize, and improve your story? In this 90-minute workshop, celebrated novelist and filmmaker Alex Pugsley covers these and other essentials of screenwriting. Alex Pugsley is the author of the Aubrey McKee series of novels, of which Silver Lake is the latest. His fiction has been shortlisted for the ReLit Award. Alex has also worked as a filmmaker and screenwriter with over 185 credits to his name. Originally from Halifax, he now lives in Toronto, Ontario. This class is suitable for emerging to intermediate writers.