One Day Online Masterclass

The London Screenwriters’ Festival to broadcast live online and on demand my 2018 masterclass with proceeds going to charity.

In a parallel universe, I spent the weekend of April 17–19 doing several presentations at the 2020 London Screenwriters’ Festival. However, as we all know in this universe, pretty much every public event worldwide was canceled due to the coronavirus epidemic.

In conversation with Chris Jones who heads up the LSF, we decided to do something to benefit screenwriters and generate revenue for charity, specifically at my request the Fleabag Support Fund, founded by Phoebe Waller-Bridge to help fund a variety of worthy causes in the U.K. responding to the COVID-19 crisis.

In 2018, I led a 6 1/2 hour masterclass at the London Screenwriters’ Festival entitled The Narrative Imperative — you may read a description of it here. I have given Chris permission to air the entire video. Details below.

When: May 2nd ONLINE (Live and on demand)
Time: 11am to 6pm GMT (with breaks)
Where: ONLINE
Tickets £48.50 with proceeds going to charity

In addition, people who enroll will have access to four more hours of presentations I have done at the Festival.

That’s over 10 hours of me talking about screenwriting and storytelling.

Chris asked a group of people to test run the masterclass videos and here are some of their comments about the experience:

‘This is a serious must-do for any screenwriter. The beauty of being able to go at your own pace in the comfort of your own home is great. There is no pressure to take notes and remember information as it is all there. You can go back to any session, stop mid session, study the overheads or just stop to let things settle in. His logical approach and examples just make perfect sense. Just brilliant!’
 Ros Jones, Screenwriter

‘Scott is a great teacher! His insight into the relationship of character and story has been revelatory for me. I now think about my Protagonist and Nemesis in a completely new way.’
 Daniel Flint, Screenwriter

‘Scott is clear, effortlessly entertaining and his style is interactive; you feel like you’re in the room with him even if you aren’t.’
 James Allen, Screenwriter

Here are some comments from festival-goers about my previous appearances there in 2017 and 2018:

‘Without a doubt, everything Scott Myers did was as if you could hear the penny dropping in every delegate’s brain throughout his well-reasoned and enabling lectures (plus he does a wicked Anthony ‘Hannibal’ Hopkins voice).’
 Stephanie Wessell, Screenwriter

‘Scott’s knowledge, insight, depth, passion, humour and laser sharp delivery was unmatched. Each lecture he gave was rammed to the hilt with ammunition and he gave us FOUR MASTERCLASSES. Good God that was worth the price alone.’
 Richard Paul Wheildon, Screenwriter

‘Scott taught me more about writing description than my entire MA did.’
 Liz Holliday, Screenwriter

‘The sheer breadth of Scott Myers’ knowledge is amazing, and he knows how to share it in an accessible and reassuring way.’
 Carmen Radtke, Screenwriter

‘Scott is fantastic. I was bombarded all afternoon with people saying he was the best speaker they’d ever seen at LSF. I know he’s been invited back. Please make this happen, please!’
 Alexis Howell-Jones, Screenwriter

Oh, and this: At the end of the May 2nd airing of the masterclass videos, I will be available live and on camera from my home office to answer questions and chat about the craft of storytelling.

We live in trying times. I am happy to do this small thing to push back against this virus and its impact, raise funds to help with the relief effort in the U.K., and provide writers an immersion into a subject I am passionate about: Character Driven Screenwriting.

For more information, go here.

By the way, for $5, you can watch a special screening of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s one-woman show Fleabag from which the brilliant TV series was adapted. All proceeds, outside of taxes, go to charities supporting those affected by COVID-19 pandemic.

Go here to rent the video.