Scriptwriters & Co

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S&CO 5-night UK Scriptwriting Retreat almost sold out! 24-29 Nov 2024, UK. Take your scripts to next level in country house. We'll deep-dive, teaching on great characters, loglines, structure & pitches. Reduced prices on last few rooms. scriptwritersandco.com/workshops.html #writingretreat

BURSARY WINNER! Delighted to announce the talented winner of 50% off our 'INTENSIVE' SCRIPTWRITING RETREAT: Olamide Ajisafe, whose play excerpt blew us away. "I'm so grateful, and I can't wait to get started," she says. Ditto! Four places left! scriptwritersandco.com/workshops.html #retreats

REMINDER: UK SCRIPTWRITING RETREAT BURSARY entry ends 6pm GMT tomorrow, 3 Nov: 50% OFF, Sun 24-Fri 29 Nov. Up to 2 talented playwrights/screenwriters will get 50% off room+tuition = 5 nights for £225. Email 2-5p scene + <400 words shorturl.at/ZVP7Z #retreatbursary #scripts

S&CO's gone BATTY at halloween! See 50% bursary, announced yesterday, for 5-night UK Retreat, Nov 24-29. Don't ghost us! Send 2-5pp + up to 400 words on why YOU deserve 50% off to words@scriptwritersandco.com! DEADline 6pm GMT this Sunday, 3 Nov. Whoooooooooo-hoooooo! 👿👹🎃👻

SCRIPTWRITING BURSARY: 50% OFF S&CO RETREAT, Sun 24-Fri 29 Nov, Cromford UK. Up to 2 talented playwrights or screenwriters will get 50% off room+tuition = 5 nights for £225. Email a 2-5p scene + <400 words on why you deserve it by 6pm GMT on 3 Nov at words@scriptwritersandco.com

Heads up! The next S&CO INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL deadline is on Sunday! We offer categories for plays and screenplays with 1-120 pages as well as loglines and pitches. Enter via FilmFreeway or Coverfly. Trophies and FD13 for all winners. Festival in Bath, UK, on 11 May 2025.

S&CO UK retreat SALE prices still available as I’m on hols and wifi too weak to change website back to normal! Playwrights or screenwriters, grab a bargain, hone your skills! Nov 24-29, 5 nights from £405, best tuition in industry, see previous post for deets. Can’t wait!

FLASH SALE: 10% off OUR UK SCRIPTWRITING RETREAT for screenwriters & playwrights in Peak District. 5 nights + 14 hrs of tutorials from £405! 'Zanna and Alex's tutelage is knowledgeable, inspiring, supportive and always constructive and kind'. ROOMS/BOOK: scriptwritersandco.com/workshops.html

Thank you for this opportunity, it was joyous! A fun night of writing, acting and feedback galore! Make sure you check them out as scratch nights are beyond useful! ✍🏼👏

YESTERDAY'S SCRATCH NIGHT WAS A BLAST! What a great bunch of people and scripts ! Actors, writers and audience loved the scripts, performances and, of course, our notes. Here are some pics of S&CO ACTORS in action, for those who couldn't make it 📷📷📷.

Fabulous night performing with this awesome company, always an absolute pleasure to work with @scriptsandco and bring new writing to life #newwriting

TONIGHT ON ZOOM: AUTUMN S&CO SCRATCH NIGHT! Our pro actors perform 7 winning scripts, "PRIDE BEFORE FALL" theme, with notes from me and co-host Alex Hollister. For a link, subscribe at scriptwritersandco.com by 4pm, when our next newsletter is released. Hope to see you later!

Thank you for selecting my piece @ScriptsandCo ! 🤩 Excited to see it and the other plays performed next week! 🙌

@TomHartwell88 Congrats (though not all plays: some are screenplays)!😉

Delighted to have my script selected to be performed by the excellent @ScriptsandCo Very much looking forward to the event

S&CO SCRATCH NIGHT WINNERS! The theme was 'PRIDE BEFORE FALL'. Congrats to our 7 winners and thanks to S&CO Readers. To attend on Tues 17 September, to see pro S&CO ACTORS perform all scripts on Zoom, notes by me and @AlexHollister_ , subscribe: scriptwritersandco.com. #scripts

S&CO's next Scratch Night: FREE to enter till 12pm BST 12 Sept, event on Zoom on 17 Sept. 6-10 page plays or screenplays, on theme at http://scriptwritersandco.com/events.html. Up to 8 winners' scripts performed by pro actors, with notes from me and @AlexHollister_ in safe space. #scripts

The S&CO FESTIVAL 2025 is live! Crazy discounted 'Supersonic' early entry fees until 31 August with submissions starting at a silly £5. New categories too: filmfreeway.com/Scriptwritersa…. So get there faster than the speed of light! Also on Coverfly soon. FD13 + Trophies for winners!

S&CO's autumn courses start next month. 1 for experienced scriptwriters writing a full-length play/screenplay, 1 for newbies who want to learn craft + a November Scriptwriting Retreat in the Peak District taught by me and @AlexHollister_ ! Deets/prices: scriptwritersandco.com/workshops.html 🧐