If you want to write screenplays, there’s no better teacher than Bill Boyle, award-winning screenwriter and master of visual storytelling.
He’ll teach you how to engage the attention and imagination of your readers.
Do you love movies?
Have you always wanted to write a movie script but don’t know how to get started?
Maybe you’ve been writing screenplays for a while, but you’re feeling stuck. Want to learn how to get unstuck?
Are you frustrated with your writing?
Think you can’t sell your script because you don’t live in Los Angeles or London?
Want to learn how to make your script stand out from the pile?
Then this is the workshop for you.
Join Bill Boyle, award-winning screenwriter and master of visual storytelling, in this focused screenwriting workshop and get ready to be blown away.
You’ll begin to look at your screenwriting from a new perspective, one that will help you move forward with confidence and a renewed sense of excitement.
Are you ready to learn Bill’s approach?
Through The Visual Mindscape of the Screenplay method of screenwriting, you’ll learn how to:
- Create a powerful, visual narrative
- Write in the immediate present tense
- Use narrative pacing and descriptives
- Establish atmosphere
- Capture the pulse of screenplay dialogue
- Create vivid, engaging characters
What’s The Visual Mindscape of the Screenplay?
Bill Boyle is the lead proponent of a visual style of screenwriting called The Visual Mindscape of the Screenplay.
It’s a visual approach to screenwriting and storytelling that allows the reader to experience a story as each image unfolds, engaging them at a visceral level.
Bill has sold or optioned everything he has written and attributes much of his success to this method of screenwriting.
Wow! That’s impressive!
The Visual Mindscape method allows the reader or viewer to ‘discover’ elements of the story rather than being told. By being able to actively participate in the unfolding of the story, the overall experience for the reader becomes a more visceral and luminous experience. I feel this is the true magic of the screenplay. – Bill Boyle
Venue
The Irish Writers Centre at 19 Parnell Square is located in the heart of North Georgian Dublin, part of the soon-to-be-developed Parnell Cultural Quarter.
A non-profit organization and registered charity, the IWC has long been a hub of literary activity, supporting established and aspiring writers throughout Ireland, with the remit of promoting Irish writers and literature at home and abroad.
The IWC is central to many hotels, cafés and theatres, the bustle of O’Connell Street and just across the road from the tranquil Garden of Remembrance.
Their listed building retains much of its original Georgian architecture and is decorated throughout with art from the FX Buckley Collection.
Workshop Schedule
Monday, 17 October, 2016
10:00 am Morning session begins
1:00 pm Lunch break
1:45 pm Afternoon session begins
4:30 pm Workshop ends
What’s Included
- Visual Mindscape Screenwriting Workshop with Bill Boyle
What’s Not Included
- Transportation to the Irish Writers Centre
- Lunch and other items not listed in the inclusions above
Facilitators
Bill Boyle
Bill Boyle is an award winning screenwriter who has become one of the most popular script consultants in the industry. Creative Screenwriting Magazine rated him among the top 10% of screenwriting consultants. He lectures at universities and film schools throughout the United States and Canada, has taught at UCLA Extensions in Los Angeles and is quickly gaining a worldwide following, with clients in North America, Australia, Germany, the United Kingdom and Ireland. Bill is the lead proponent of a visual style of screenwriting called “The Visual Mindscape of the Screenplay” and has sold or optioned every screenplay he’s ever written. He attributes much of his success to the Visual Mindscape method of screenwriting.
As film is first and foremost a visual medium does it not make sense that the screenplay which is the spine, heart and soul of the film also be a visual experience? – Bill Boyle
Diana Osberg
Diana Osberg is the owner and founder of Mia Terra Retreats. She produces extraordinary retreats to inspire writers, artists and creative souls. Diana is a screenwriter and has worked in the entertainment industry for over 30 years in production, creative development and administration. She is a world-traveler, or as she likes to put it, a “world citizen,” and loves to go on unusual adventures.
Diana has helmed a 165 meter barque off anchor and into the Strait of Gibraltar under the command of the ship’s captain. She has sailed as crew on tall ships in New Zealand, Spain and the Canary Islands, participated in an English immersion program with Spanish business people in Spain, and tracked Mustangs in the wilds of the Nevada mountains on horseback. She has kissed the Blarney Stone, but did not get the gift of the gab. She’ll have to kiss it again, I guess.
Despite having been a writer for a hit Canadian TV drama series, I’ve always looked for ways to improve my skills. Bill spoke from his enviable experience, with insightful anecdotes and observations about scriptwriting. He’s one of the best instructors I’ve had, regardless of subject.
Laura Beard