Immerse in an intensive day learning how to bring an idea to the screen.

Do you have a project or idea that you think could make a great movie or TV show? Spend a day with showrunner Stephen M. Irwin (‘Harrow’, ‘Tidelands’) and learn in a writers-room type setting how to dig the gold from your nugget of an idea and shape it into a format that is ready to pitch to television and cinema decision-makers.

Learning outcomes

You will expand your knowledge of how to create a pitch-worthy idea in the following key areas:

A deeper dive into the fundamentals of storytelling
Explore the essential elements that “hook” through a logline
Drill into television and cinema building blocks
Discuss what steps to take after you have your perfect elevator pitch.

Format

This is an in-person workshop with a focus on craft; it will be held in-person at Queensland Writers Centre, State Library of Queensland. As a Level 1 workshop, it is suitable for all committed writers.

About Stephen

Novelist and screenwriter Stephen M. Irwin has helped put Brisbane on the global map by creating and head-writing television shows including ‘Harrow’, ‘Tidelands’ and ‘Secrets & Lies’. Stephen has written many dozens of hours of television content that has screened all around the globe, and his two supernatural thriller novels have both won critical acclaim.

For more information about Queensland Writers Centre’s Program of Events and answers to FAQs, please visit: www.queenslandwriters.org.au/program-info