: Re: Screenwriting courses online - Worth the money or not? I'm looking into taking a screenwriting course online, either from UCLA or NYU or NYFA... If anyone has taken any of these, please answer

I think a good way you could find an answer to your question about whether or not the class would be valuable is by reading a specific book on screenwriting.

The book is called, How To Write A Movie In 21 Days, by Viki King -- amazon link
It's very short at only 208 pages and you may save ,000 by reading it.

It is one of the best writing books, and especially one of the best screenwriting books of all time.

If you read the book and worked through the exercises which are quite simple you'd have a decent first draft of a complete play.

Provide You With Way To Evaulate Class Value

But You do not have to work through the exercises to receive the benefit you are looking for. You are wondering if the class will be worth ,000 but if you are a novice screenwriter it is difficult to know how to evaluate if the class would be worth it.
That's where the book comes in. Read it and learn what you need to learn and you'll be able to evaulate much better the value of the class.

Save ,000...Maybe

It will probably save you ,000 and all you have to do is read a book.

One more thing, there is a review at amazon on this book which numerous people believe to be Jeff Bridges and he has a lot of good to say about it.
You can read it at:Jeff Bridges review of Viki King's book at amazon.

I hope this helps. Good luck.

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