Learn To Write a Feature Film Screenplay You Can Pitch To Producers and Studios In Just 15 Days
Proven, Sellable Screenplay Formatting & Structure, Attention Grabbing Loglines, Kick Ass Treatments You Can Pitch To Any Studio or Producer. Secret Tips & Tricks
Meticuliously curated, easy to follow step-by-step lessons suitable for screenwriters of all of experience levels. New Lessons Updated Regularly
You can access the course anytime on any device (as long as it has a screen and internet or a healthy bar signal.
The 15-day benchmark is the GOAL. If this takes you longer than 15 Days, it’s OK! You’ll still be pumping out ideas and screenplays faster than you’ve ever done before. This course breaks down all the core elements of a successful, sellable screenplay into easy-to-follow modules covering everything from Proper Formatting and Structure to overcoming Writer’s Block; Paralysis Analysis is Imposter Syndrome. The truth is, everyone has a story to tell, and The Fast Draft Method is designed to get that idea in your head onto the page in a way that Studios and Producers will be dying to read.
Matthew Currie Holmes (IMDb) is a multi-award-winning screenwriter, producer, and director with over 40 film and TV credits. His over two-decade career includes collaborations with industry giants like Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg, and Dean Devlin.
MCH has written/directed/produced two acclaimed multi-million dollar feature films: The Curse of Buckout Road, starring Danny Glover and Evan Ross, and Traces, featuring Sosie Bacon and Pablo Schreiber.
Buckout Road has won Best Feature, Best Director, and Best Screenplay at multiple film festivals; Traces was released in 2024. Both Films are streaming now. Many of MCH’s screenplays have been sold or optioned, including the gory vampire thriller Self Storage, the subversive thriller Never Alone, and the scatological comedy Dead Weight.
Having worked with and for the most prominent Filmmakers, Screenwriters, Producers, and Studios in the film industry, MCH has amassed over 25 years of knowledge and experience. And he’s spilling all of his screenwriting secrets here.
Two elements are non-negotiable if you want your screenplay to be read and purchased by industry professionals: Proper Formatting and Winning Structure. Think of this as the ‘Canvas’ of all great screenplays. The ‘Paint’ is the story, the experience, and the drama the screenwriter infuses onto that canvas. MCH will show you how to build out that canvas perfectly so you can be free to explore and paint that masterpiece.
One of the most essential elements in a screenplay is this dialogue! Bad dialogue will sink a script, whereas great dialogue will be quoted for years. MCH will teach you how to craft noteworthy dialogue and do it FAST. It starts with understanding that a straightforward request or note that every producer looking to purchase a script gives: “We want the same… but different.” That’s all excellent dialogue is: something familiar, just told differently, and once you learn this incredible writer’s hack, you will never stress over dialogue again.
If you want to create compelling characters that actors will want to play, learn how actors create and embody the characters on the page. Most writers have never taken an acting class or studied the craft of acting. But who do you think will play the character in your script? Accountants? NO. Actors. MCH was an award-winning professional film and television actor for over 15 years, and he knows how actors create full-bodied characters from those black dots on the page. He will teach you how to write for those actors.
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Professional screenwriters who have worked in the film industry for a long time have developed a shorthand for screenwriting because they understand that if you accentuate the essential elements of a screenplay properly, your script will not only be entertaining to read but also receive far fewer notes. I’ve included some of my surefire, hook-grabbing tips to keep the reader engaged and excited from FADE IN to FADE OUT.
Writing the screenplay is only half of it. If you want to sell it or see the movie made, you must ‘Perfect The Pitch.’ Often, we have a mere 15 to 20 minutes to tell a compelling story and convince a producer, studio, or financier to invest their time, energy, and money into you and your screenplay. It’s a lot of pressure. But it doesn’t have to be. There is a very successful blueprint for the art of Pitching. And MCH will show you how.