For 5-weeks, SCREENPLAYS BY BADASS WOMEN offers a supportive, uproariously fun, and explorative kaleidoscope of screenwriting study AND practice! We will deep-dive several of the most groundbreaking screenplays by women, engage in conversation about what exactly these cinematic worlds offer that’s brilliantly off-kilter and essential, as well as WRITE diligently into our own screenplays. Weekly sessions will toggle between these three elements—study, community exploration, writing—connecting the dots between our lived experiences on Planet Patriarchy, the historically marginalized “female gaze,” astute screenwriting craft, direct feedback from Lauren, and a fresh rubric to bring your screenplay into its full, gobsmacking potential.
Screenwriters we’ll study include: Callie Khouri, Nicole Holofcener, Greta Gerwig, Melissa Mathison, Mindy Kaling, Katie Dippold, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Sharon Horgan (among others).
NOTE: Open to women and nonbinary writers only.