The Scriptfella Program
Radically improve your chances of landing an agent, manager, and script deals.
— The Scriptfella Program
Learn to write for the hollywood
reader
Radically improve your chances of landing an agent, manager, and script deals.
Taught by Dominic Morgan. WGA screenwriter. 35 script deals. 8 agents. 4 managers.
HOLLYWOOD AGENTS AND PRODUCERS HATE READING DULL SCREENPLAYS
You can have a killer logline, plot and character journeys -- but if your script is hard to read, and dull to read, agents and producers won't even get to page 5, let alone slug it through to your act three twist.
However, if you can learn to entertain industry readers and give them "a good night in", they will recommend your work to agents and producers -- and put you forward for representation and paid writing assignments.
That’s why I created The Scriptfella Program -- to train you to create cinematic, reader-friendly scripts that film industry gatekeepers can't put down. Calling card scripts that will get you noticed, get you in the room, and get you hired.
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Get Read. Get Repped. Get Hired.
Have you hit the Screenwriting Wall?
You write screenplay after screenplay, but you don’t know how to get an agent or manager.
You spend a fortune on screenwriting contests and the Black List - but you’re scoring 7/10 at best and never make it past the semis.
You nail a killer concept, characters, and plot - but your script still fails to win the attention of industry insiders.
You network your ass off and persuade a manager or producer to read your script -- but you never hear back from them.
If this is you, then you’ve hit The Screenwriting Wall. The point where your writing is quite good -- but it’s not good enough. Worst of all, for all the time, toil, and money you spend on script coverage and competitions -- you don’t know how to improve. You feel stuck.
Spoiler alert: If you’ve been doing this awhile, chances are it’s not your logline or structure holding you back. It’s your words, your language on the page. Join The Scriptfella Program and radically improve your writing and readability today.
See the Program in action -- watch the FREE TASTER CLASS.
The Scriptfella Program
12 hours of intensive video training on demand | 8 self-guided assignments | 3-year course access | Live feedback (Pro only)
Stand out from the crowd. Use the five visual elements and sound design to create a cinematic script that will seduce the Hollywood reader and make you stand out from the hordes of aspiring writers struggling to break in.
Hollywood readers hate reading and are easily distracted. Learn to deliver an immersive, page-turning reading experience by studying how pro screenwriters use narrative voice, language and sentence constructions.
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.
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🎥 FREE TASTER CLASS - CLICK TO WATCH: 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
🎥 FREE CLASS - CLICK TO WATCH: How to write a cinematic sequence
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 Pt 1
🎥 9 ways to light Pt 2: Case Study, 1917 (Wilson-Cairns)
🎥 9 ways to light Pt 3
🎥 9 ways to light Pt 4: 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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🎥 FREE LESSON - CLICK TO WATCH: 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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🎥 SOLUS - By Alex Knight
🎥 LOWER LIFEFORMS - By William Kershisnik
🎥 KEY WEST - by Rick Ryan
🎥 ELKINGTON'S WAR - By Matthew Skeate
🎥 THE WITCH - By Roberto Gerardo
🎥 KILLER RATINGS - By Jack Carey
🎥 PROMISELAND - by Doug Tucker
🎥 THIN PLACES - By Braden Croft & Travis Shewchuck
🎥 EL TITAN - By George Perez
🎥 ACTION! - By Dave Crosman
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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 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 12 hours. You won’t find these advanced screenwriting techniques in any other book, course, or even a $100k L.A. film school.
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR: DOMINIC MORGAN | WGA SCREENWRITER
I've written 45 screenplays. 35 of them were optioned, commissioned, or paid for by producers and studios -- including Ridley Scott's Scott Free, Universal, Working Title, the BBC, ITV Studios, and Bold Films. I've been represented by 8 agents, 4 managers, and 1 attorney across London and Hollywood.
I've been doing this for over two decades. I've also read over a thousand scripts by emerging writers in that time.
Here's what I've learned. The writers who get signed and get hired all have one thing in common -- they are a great read. That's the advanced writing skill nobody teaches. And it's the reason I created The Scriptfella Program -- so you can maximise your chances of breaking through and becoming a professional screenwriter.
What is your time worth?
It took me 22,500 hours to write 45 screenplays.
I write about a page an hour. Each draft runs to around 100 pages. Five drafts per script. That's 500 hours of writing time per script.
Most professional writers will tell you it takes ten years to reach a pro standard and get paid to write screenplays.
But what if you could absorb everything I learned over those 22,500 hours -- in just 12 hours?
That's 22,500 hours of writing experience. Plus everything I learned reading over a thousand scripts asa professional script editor -- diagnosing exactly what works, what doesn't, and why.
The Scriptfella Program delivers all of it. Twelve hours of zero-fat, zero-fluff tutorials. Everything I've distilled over two decades working as a pro screenwriter, condensed into a toolkit you return to every time you write.
How many more years are you willing to spend writing screenplays that are good but not good enough?
Wouldn’t you be better off pressing pause on your writing, training to become a better writer, and then powering through your scripts like a professional?
IS THE SCRIPTFELLA PROGRAM WORTH THE INVESTMENT?
The Scriptfella Program costs about 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.
David Lambertson used to work for City Hall managing budgets. Here’s what he has to say about the true value of The Scriptfella Program:
Listen to the writers
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...' "
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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Three years. The video tutorials are designed to act as a long-term writing resource for you.
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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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Regardless of the medium (film or TV) or genre (action, scifi, historical drama, etc) that 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 for every script you write. Learn to create a visual adventure 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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