ACTIVATE YOUR CINEMATIC EYE
The scriptfella Program
Learn to Write For The Hollywood Reader
Learn how to use language to bewitch industry readers and keep them reading.
Discover your voice as a writer and use it to get noticed by managers and agents.
Learn how to cure the biggest disease of amateur screenwriting: overwriting.
Do away with dull description. Excite the reader with cinematic language, sound design, and imagery.
Access intensive screenwriting tutorials that will help you improve the marketability and readability of all your scripts - past, present and future.
Develop the critical skills to distinguish what you should put in the script and what you should leave out.
The endgame? Learn to put the reader's enjoyment and entertainment first, which will win you fans and general meetings in Hollywood — and put you in contention for paid writing assignments, which are the real game for pro screenwriters.
Most pro writers take ten years to learn what WGA Screenwriter Dominic Morgan can teach you in 28 days — knowledge that you can't find in any of the screenwriting books or even at a $100k L.A. film school.
WORD FROM THE TRENCHES
Pedro Correa | Writer/Director
"No one is teaching what Dom's teaching. It's like Plato's Cave; once you've seen the light, it can't be unseen."
Sophie Curtis | Writer/Director
"Dom helps you not only find your voice, but own your voice. Thank you for honestly changing my life."
Doug Tucker | Screenwriter
"My creative partner read my new draft and went 'Holy sh!t...' "
The Learning Journey
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-WHY YOU NEED TO HIJACK THE HOLLYWOOD READER'S BRAIN
-CINEMATIC vs INSTRUCTION MANUAL WRITING
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-THE FIVE VISUAL ELEMENTS - A Belt & Braces Primer
-HOW TO WRITE FOR THE CAMERA
-HOW TO WRITE A CINEMATIC SEQUENCE FREE PREVIEW
-ASSIGNMENT 1: THE SHOT GAME
-HOW TO CREATE MOVING CAMERA SHOTS ON THE PAGE
-ASSIGNMENT 2: PAGE 1 IMAGE BOMBS
-HOW TO USE COSTUME & PROPS IN YOUR SCRIPT
-ACTING ON THE PAGE
-OPTIMIZE YOUR LOCATIONS
-9 WAYS TO LIGHT UP YOUR SCREENPLAY
-9 WAYS TO LIGHT UP YOUR SCREEN PLAY - Case Study, 1917 (Wilson-Cairns)
-9 WAYS TO LIGHT UP YOUR SCREENPLAY - Part Three
-9 WAYS TO LIGHT UP YOUR SCREEN PLAY - How to Use Colour Psychology on The Page
-THE SIXTH ELEMENT - SOUND DESIGN
-READER PSYCHOLOGY
-ASSIGNMENT 3: WRITE LIKE RENATO
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-NARRATIVE VOICE - The Lowdown
-NARRATIVE VOICE - The Princess Bride (Goldman)
-NARRATIVE VOICE - Promising Young Woman (Fennell)
-NARRATIVE VOICE - The Brigands of Rattleborge (Zahler)
-NARRATIVE VOICE - The Good Wife (King & King)
-NARRATIVE VOICE - A Cautionary Tale (Morgan)
-NARRATIVE VOICE - Is Alien REALLY a Good Read?
-NARRATIVE VOICE - Shawshank Redemption (Darabont)
-NARRATIVE VOICE - 7 Lessons
-ASSIGNMENT 4 & 5 - Narrative Voice Switchup
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-SENTENCE CONSTRUCTIONS - Why N.V.O. Rocks
-THE CLAUSE OPENING - A Major Banana Skin for Screenwriters
-THE PERILS OF THE PASSIVE
-VANILLA VERBS - Hunt Them Down
-VANILLA ADJECTIVES - Search & Destroy
-SUBOPTIMAL VERBS - Is & Are
-THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS - When Should You Use It?
-WE SEE & WE HEAR - Do You Want to Detach the Reader from the Characters?
-ASSIGNMENT 6 - IMMERSIVE SCREENWRITING - Rewrite Page One of Baby Driver
-THE CLOSE PROXIMITY DISEASE
-ONE SHOT WORD WEAPONS
-SCENE GEOGRAPHY - Don't Get Stuck In the Bocage
-THE TEN DISEASES OF DIALOGUE (AND CURES) - Part 1
-THE TEN DISEASES OF DIALOGUE (AND CURES) - Part 2
-HOW TO MASTER A CHARACTER INTRODUCTION - Six Techniques
-THE TRICKY TEAM CHARACTER INTRO
-HOW TO NAME YOUR CHARACTERS
-WHY YOU NEED TO FIGHT FOR THE INCHES ON THE PAGE
-ASSIGNMENT 7: THE COPACABANA ONER
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-ELKINGTON'S WAR - By Matthew Skeate
-THE WITCH - By Roberto Gerardo
-KILLER RATINGS - By Jack Carey
-PROMISELAND - by Doug Tucker
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-HOW TO HOOK A READER ON PAGE 1
-THE TITLE PAGE - Just The Facts
-PAGE ONE - Page Design
-THE OPENING IMAGE - Your Whole Story in One Picture
-HOW TO OPEN A MOVIE ON PAGE ONE - Narc (Carnahan)
-THE FINAL ASSIGNMENT: OPTIMIZE YOUR PAGE ONE FOR THE HOLLYWOOD READER
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-LEARN FROM THE PROS BY READING PRODUCED SCRIPTS
THE SCRIPTFELLA PROGRAM
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12 hours of intensive video training
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3-year course access
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8 assignments
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Every lesson includes actionable steps to improve your writing
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Exclusive access to the alumni group to connect with other writers and directors
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Payment plan available
Sara Dinga | Screenwriter
"It's not only the best screenwriting course, it's the most fun."
Braden Croft | Writer/Director
"You learn to manipulate the reader in the best way possible — by bringing them into the story."
Savannah M. | Screenwriter
"This is the first course to give me a roadmap for HOW to be a better writer. I see the improvement week on week!"
SCRIPTFELLA PRO
Go Beyond the Program with live mentorship and assignment feedback
The writers in the testimonials above enrolled in my elite course: Scriptfella PRO. The PRO course is The Scriptfella Program on steroids.
8 hours of live pro feedback and group mentorship
Get hands-on guidance from Dominic (Zoom)
Assignment feedback
Development notes on your first page
Join a community of committed writers; trade reads and build a network for the future.
If you’ve already enrolled in The Scriptfella Program and you’re ready to battle test your skills with an elite cohort of other writers, head to the PRO page to claim your seat on the next mission.
HOW WILL THE PROGRAM TRANSFORM YOUR WRITING?
When it comes to screenwriting, "quite good" is not good enough. Watch Dominic Morgan provide molecular analysis on scripts written by emerging writers, which will help you identify the flaws and suboptimal writing in your own screenplays. Reinforce your learning with 8 self-guided assignments.
FAQs
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The Scriptfella Program is designed to help every screenwriter who wants to optimize their screenplay for industry readers and learn to write in a more visual and engaging way.
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Absolutely not. All you need is the first page, which we will focus on in molecular detail. The techniques that I teach you to action on your page one, you’ll then be able to apply to the rest of your screenplay, and all your future screenplays.
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Three years. The video tutorials are designed to act as a long-term writing resource for you. Watch the video above and hear how writer Alex Knight uses the tutorials as his go-to toolkit when writing.
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Regardless of the genre you’re working in, you only have one weapon at your disposal as a writer - your words. Dominic will teach you how to optimize your use of language and create a visual script that plays in the head of the reader.
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The Scriptfella Program costs $649, which is equivalent to 4 Blacklist evaluations, or 3 contests with notes -- none of which are going to provide skills and toolsets that you can apply to all of your writing and help you become a better writer. It's a fraction of the cost of going to an LA film school for $100k - and they don’t teach what Dominic can teach you.
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Yes. You can split the cost of The Scriptfella Program over two monthly payments of $375, for a total of $750.
