Creating a Writing Routine: How to Develop Healthy Writing Habits to Help You Finish Your Script
Staying on track while writing a script is the hardest thing a writer has to deal with. Life gets in the way, and the story we started writing is never completed, or takes years to get done.
In this OnDemand webinar with script doctor Cody Smart, we’ll learn tools to develop healthy writing habits to make writing part of your daily routine, so you can finally finish that script – and write many more.
We’ll explore different tools to help you stay accountable to yourself as well as motivated as you set a writing goal and develop a plan to finish your script by a certain date.
We’ll learn about habit writing and time management, as well as how to overcome the dreaded writer’s block when it hits, and how to avoid the Act 2 slow down.
We’ll discuss what makes a great script, and the importance of getting notes as well as writing for the reader.
We’ll analyze how plotting, outlining, and rewriting can help you stay on track and writing.
We’ll talk about the important of finding your voice and niche as a writer, and how to become a writer people want to work with.
Finally, we’ll talk about handling rejection and how to use it to fuel your writing and your creativity, as you map out what type of career you want to have as a writer – and with help from this webinar, develop the necessary tools and habits to get you where you want to be.
What You Will Learn:
- How to develop healthy writing habits
- How to make writing part of your daily routine
- What tools can help you stay accountable to yourself as well as motivated when writing
- About time management to juggle daily life and your writing goals
- How to overcome writer’s block
- How to avoid the dreaded Act 2 slow down
- What makes a great script
- The importance of getting notes as well as writing for the reader
- How plotting, outlining, and rewriting can help you stay on track and writing
- How to find your voice and niche as a writer
- How to become a writer people want to work with
- How to handle rejection and use it to fuel your writing
- How to map out what type of career you want to have as a writer
Who Should Watch:
- Beginning screenwriters who want to learn how to manage their time to add writing to their daily routine
- Intermediate and advanced screenwriters who want to learn tips on how to maximize their writing time
- Writers who want to learn how to build healthy writing habits
- Writers who want to stay accountable to themselves
- Writers who want to learn tips to overcome writer’s block
- Writers who want to learn how to overcome the dreaded Act 2 slow down
- Writers who want to write great scripts that attract readers
- Writers who want to learn how plotting and outlining can keep them on track
- Writers who want to find their voice and niche
- Writers who want to learn how to use rejection to fuel their writing instead of putting them down
- Writers who are ready to map out the career they want to have as a writer
Instructor:
Cody Smart is an independent writer and script doctor from Chile. She holds degrees in English Literature & Linguistics, Screenwriting, Development and Producing. She’s worked as a script analyst for Sony, she’s been a judge for multiple script and film competitions, and she’s written award-winning scripts. She’s an instructor for the renowned Writers’ Program at UCLA Extension, and takes pride in helping writers take their work to the next level in her role as a seasoned script consultant.