{"id":364,"date":"2025-07-25T10:08:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T10:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classes.dianabotsford.com\/?page_id=364"},"modified":"2025-07-25T15:45:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T15:45:32","slug":"september-online-class-script-surgery-the-art-of-precision-rewriting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classes.dianabotsford.com\/?p=364","title":{"rendered":"September Workshop: Script Surgery – The Art of Precision Rewriting"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Register<\/a>\"\"Master the art of screenplay revision in this focused 4-week workshop. Learn how to perform precise scene-level surgery while protecting what makes your script special. Through targeted instruction and hands-on exercises, you’ll develop essential rewriting tools including a personalized Rewrite Plot Map and Character Story Maps. Each session combines practical revision techniques with live workshopping of participants’ rewritten opening pages, helping you strengthen structure, deepen characters, and sharpen dialogue without losing your story’s unique voice. By workshop’s end, you’ll have both a strategic revision roadmap and practical feedback on your opening pages \u2013 everything you need to transform your rough draft into a market-ready screenplay.<\/p>\n

ZOOM Class Meeting Dates: September 9, 16, 23, & 30 (Wednesdays<\/strong>)
\n7:00 PM to 9:00 PM<\/p>\n

$75 workshop alumni
\n$100 new participants<\/p>\n

Optional Add-On:<\/strong> Detailed in-line\/manuscript feedback on your first five pages.
\n$50<\/p>\n

Transform Your Script From Good to Unforgettable<\/h2>\n

Your screenplay has potential. You can feel it. But something’s not clicking\u2014a scene drags, dialogue falls flat, or the pacing stumbles. You know it needs work, but where do you make the cuts without bleeding out the soul of your story?<\/p>\n

Welcome to Script Surgery.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This isn’t about tearing your script apart and starting over. This is about surgical precision\u2014identifying exactly what needs fixing and making targeted improvements that elevate your entire screenplay.<\/p>\n

What You’ll Master in 4 Weeks:<\/h3>\n