Screenwriter Startup Kit - Workshop

In this workshop, students will learn the core elements and structure that is needed in order to jump into their script with a good foundation:

1. Loglines

2. How to establish and craft well rounded characters

3. Sorting a story's setting and tone

4. How to take these elements and plug them into an outline

Writers will leave with a blueprint on how to write their screenplay!

***Please note: Class attendees should be bringing a laptop to type up their notes or a notebook and writing utensil if they prefer. Also, this course will not be teaching screenplay formatting but more so about organizing and forming ideas to write!

Brandon is a writer, producer, and creator based in Chicago. You can find him co-hosting and co-producing the monthly show Brews & Bad Movies where they bring Chicago’s best comedians to perform stand up and then roast the worst movies with live commentary. This show has been running every month at Lincoln Lodge Theater since January 2023 and sold out its entire 2024 run.

Having received a BA in Film from Columbia College Chicago in 2014, Brandon has always had a passion for script writing whether if that was for film, television, theater, or even graphic novels. Over the years, Brandon has produced hundreds of videos, web shows, and podcast episodes through his production company Entertainment Buffet on their YouTube channel. A number of his TV pilot scripts have made it to the Quarter-finals, Semi-Finals, and Finals of screenwriting and comedy competitions.

In 2023, Brandon began developing script courses for Lincoln Lodge Training Center and is expanding their program outside of just stage comedy but into the screenplay community. Through these classes he has now helped a number of first time writers draft their own TV pilot scripts.

Whenever he’s not working on one of his scripts or comic books, or on some adventures with his amazing partner, he can be found living as a golden retriever in human form working out daily or on the pickleball court.