Beginner's Guide To Screenwriting Workshop

Beginner’s Guide is an intensive two day workshop that demystifies the basics of screenwriting.

Tutor Kathryn Burnett will take participants through the how and why of writing for film including premise, plot, story structure, formatting, dialogue, character and the visual grammar of screenplays.  Kathryn is a screenwriter, playwright, lecturer and script consultant who has worked in the film and television industry for over 17 years.  She has designed this course specifically for beginners - or writers who feel like a quick refresher.

Bookings or further info contact: kathryn.burnett@xtra.co.nz

Previous participants had this to say... 

 “Kathryn Burnett’s “Beginners Guide to Screenwriting Workshop” was a fascinating and valuable learning experience for participants of the intensive course recently held on the University of Waikato’s Tauranga campus; her vast knowledge of the screen industry, along with its requirements of the screenwriter, were effortlessly conveyed by her clear/dynamic tutoring style.  As an adult community education coordinator of many years, I would rate Kathryn Burnett as one of the most dynamic tutors I have ever seen."   

Nyree Sherlock - Adult Community Education Advisor (CCE, University of Waikato at Tauranga)

 "Kathryn Burnett's course was the perfect introduction to screenwriting – a series of absorbing, entertaining and provocative sessions which made the intricacies of the art seem logical and accessible. I would have no hesitation in recommending them to anyone who has a curiosity about screenwriting - I left the course energised and informed, and ready to write."

Duncan Greive – Critic/Journalist

 "Kathryn Burnett is the bombdiggity.  She brings amazing experience, intelligence, and passion to her teaching. She has a comprehensive understanding of movies, cinema history, and storytelling technique, and is effective and engaging when sharing that knowledge with her students. Kathryn is to storytelling tutors as Carlos the Jackal is to international assassins.  I can't recommend her highly enough."

Steve Barr - screenwriter, producer + development executive

 "I highly recommend Kathryn's screenwriting course. Infused with some great practical exercises from her brainstorming workshops. The course helped me come up with my own ideas then apply them to a framework for developing them into a fully fledged screenplay.  Kathryn has a real passion and talent for sharing what she has learned, I found her course very inspiring."

 Richard Mans – Animator/Filmmaker