Trilith Institute’s Winter Writers Workshop series is an opportunity for young screenwriters to develop their own scripts while working closely with screenwriting experts and building a community of creative peers. 

In the first weekend of the series (December 7-8), students will discuss the qualities of compelling storytelling, analyze popular PG-13 movies and television, and develop an outline for their own original screenplay. At the end of the weekend, students will be encouraged to go off on their own and write a first draft of their script in the 6-week window between the first and second session of the workshop series. 

Participants will have their scripts workshopped in the second weekend of the series (January 18-19) and will be encouraged to revise their scripts after receiving feedback from their peers and the screenwriting experts. This second weekend will also include a discussion of what options writers typically have after completing the script (submitting to competitions and festivals, pitching to producers/investors, going into independent production, etc.).

Participants in the Winter Writers Workshop will have the chance to enter their script into a competition. Two winners will receive free admission to one week of Trilith Institute’s Summer Camps in 2025.