BADASS BOO is the first-ever women-only cohort for writers who have screenwriting essentials* under their belt and want to go deeper! (*See exact enrollment criteria below re: experience level.)
BADASS BOO is a proud community of creative women. We’ll come together weekly to swap creative insights, lean into support, and dive fully into our curiosity around how innovative screenplays take-shape and how a woman’s lived-experience assists her genius! You will need a BASIC understanding of screenplay writing for BOO, should know how to write a scene, and should have tried drafting scenes. But do you need to be seasoned and prolific? No! In fact, “advanced beginners” are very welcome. See exact ENROLLMENT CRITERIA below. Like it’s sister course, SCREENPLAYS BY BADASS WOMEN, weekly sessions will toggle between three elements—script study, community exploration, writing—and will connect the dots between our lived experiences on Planet Patriarchy, the historically marginalized “female gaze,” and our vast creative reach as women writers.But in BADASS BOO, we’ll be free to push much more deeply into analysis of the script reading material in pursuit of our own gobsmacking potential—writing into our scenes weekly, refining as we go, and prioritizing our own output and creative joy.
Enrollment criteria:
You must be a women-identifying writer who has already either 1). Taken SCREENPLAYS BY BADASS WOMEN, YOUR TEENAGE SELF WAS A F***ING STAR, or WRITING THE SUBVERSIVE COM with Lauren, OR 2). Have completed an intro screenwriting course elsewhere, OR 3). Have completed a script (short, pilot, or feature) on your own, however rough the draft. Writers should feel free to join BADASS BOO with an in-progress script, a draft, OR merely the seed concept for an eventual idea.
One-on-one support:
The class price reflects Lauren’s commitment to one-on-one support, and each student will meet one-one-one with Lauren once during the 5 weeks, to crystalize their script idea, and get hands-on guidance. Additionally, Lauren is available for Zoom “office hours” ongoingly across all 5-weeks, to help you through any struggles, troubleshoot, and buoy confidence!