Student Quotes

I think the course is a very good primer for a novice writer, but being a writer with a lot of experience, I was impressed with how the course sharpened my abilities.

Every single lesson gave great insight into the craft of screenwriting.

I would recommend this course to anyone who is trying to learn the basics of screenwriting.

Screenwriting II allows each student to discuss and apply screenwriting concepts and techniques to our actual work-in-progress. It is a great way to learn the art of screenwriting!

The instructor was extremely insightful and offered meaningful, individualized commentary designed to allow for the tremendous growth of each and every potential writer.

I learned how to see screenplays and movies with X-ray vision.

1. Fabulous nuts-and-bolts tips on how to rewrite a script. 2. Bull's-eye suggestions from the instructor and the class on how to improve my script.

An ideal way to fix a script that has problems that you are struggling with.

I've taken this class multiple times and continue to get new learning from it.

Presentation is simple and engaging. I preferred this to other intensive courses I’ve taken. It was shorter, less expensive, and easier to grasp.

Every time I've come to class, I've felt as though I'm going to learn something new that I can instantly apply to my work. I've never been wrong.

This course filled in a lot of blanks for me.

The instructor brings a clarity and personal approach to a subject the seemed mysterious and foreboding.

The instructor was extraordinary. Funny, quick, positive, and very clear. She made the material live, in the sense that her exercises and lectures helped me experience firsthand the joys and challenges of screenwriting.

This is a real advantage for someone like me who lives far from New York. I was happy to have found it.

There were so many "Oh, I finally get it!" moments for me.

Gotham gave me my first glimpse into the world of screenwriting. Armed with that knowledge, I packed up and headed for Hollywood. In less than two years, I went from a student in the Screenwriting I class to staff writer on the highest-rated syndicated action hour of the season.

I wrote more in the first five weeks of the term than I had throughout the previous five years combined! If I had realized how inspiring the course was going to be, I’d have enrolled in it years earlier.

A great course to get one's hands dirty and learn the craft of screenwriting.

I've read books before on script writing, but nothing compares to what I learned in this instructor's class. I've gained invaluable knowledge in such a short period of time. I am now able to use her easy to follow steps to develop the screenplay I know I'm capable of writing.