Writing Movies is an intensive course in screenwriting by award-winning film-maker Laurence Henson given regularly in Dublin since 1998.  It has been endorsed  by  people of widely differing age, experience  and background - from those with no previous writing experience  to industry professionals  and published novelists.

To date  Writing Movies has  been  invited  to Cork, Galway and Northern Visions in Belfast. Henson has been guest  lecturer  on screenwriting at Dublin Institute of Technology and at Film Base.

Writing Movies covers all aspects of  the craft  and takes care to create an  especial awareness of the needs and expectations of the  AUDIENCE,  i.e. how to write the film you want AND communicate successfully with your audience.

BACK-UP SHEETS  are issued on treatment-writing, story structure, scene structure, screenplay layout, forming characters,  recognizing the authorial voice,  etc etc etc. Each particpant takes away a file of  information on contract and payment scales relevant to the film and television industries and a bound booklet of COURSE  NOTES for future use. 

"Fantastic!  Your programme really hits the mark!"

Glen McCoy, scriptwriter BBC's Eastenders.

"Educational, entertaining, stimulating and inspiring."

Malachy Martin, Information Officer, Northern Ireland Film Commission.

"The best course there is.

Rose Doyle, Novelist

"Extremely helpful, beneficial and enriching."

Don Mullan, Co-Producer Bloody Sunday

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The FEE for the COURSE is Euro €195 / £140 Sterling

Course Headings:

Positioning the audience - Hollywood and Europe - Aristotle who? - the nitty-gritty of the writing process - story structure and how it works - difference between  cinema and tv - making  a scene - identification - forming characters - secrets of dialogue - show not tell - narrative drive - genre - adaptation - layout - legal - selling your screenplay.