Description
Starting Was The Easy Part
Whether you’re a seasoned playwright or a newbie trying to complete your first play, sometimes you just get lost along the way.
Our fully-interactive one-day online writing workshop will get you writing immediately. We’ll explore what made your play’s opening pop—the conflict, the problem, and the protagonist’s objectives—and we’ll use those to find all the answers that lead us to a logical ending.
Your ending is inherently within your opening three pages. This workshop will help you identify the clues and where to take them.
Online Writing Workshop: One day is all it takes
Our one-day online writing workshop gets you working straight away. We’ll explore:
- Your existing opening, considering whether you’re starting at the right point.
- The 4 Essentials of Playwriting, examining the existing conflict.
- A path from the beginning to the end
- The functions of the end, and how it relates to the beginning.
And by the end of our 4-hour session, you’ll have the first couple of pages of your new (or first script).
Can I Use This to Continue My Novel?
Absolutely.
We’re looking at the fundamentals of dramatic writing and the framework for drama and/or comedy, which is ideal for novelists as well as playwrights.
The only real difference is that you’ll write in a different medium. But you’ll end the session with a clear path towards your ending.
Why WriteForTheStage?
WriteForTheStage has over a decade’s experience in helping new writers formulate their ideas. Our writers have gone on to writing careers in theatre, radio, and TV, with a string of awards and a long legacy of kickstarting the passion required to succeed in the creative industries.
Our lead tutor, Mike Heath, is a well-known playwright and novelist and has over 30 years of teaching experience under his belt, up to university level.
Mike’s work has appeared extensively in North West theatres, including The Kings Arms Theatre, HOME, Oldham Coliseum, The Lowry, Liverpool Lantern, and The Contact Theatre. His work has been performed around the UK and as far afield as Australia.
Can I Try Before I Buy?
Yes.
We’re currently offering our Finding Starting Points online writing course for free. You can give that a go, and come along to the workshop with a some ideas ready to go.
Reviews of WriteForTheStage courses:
The Finding Starting Points course is an excellent resource for anybody wanting to write a play, novel or short story which has characters in them. Divided into three easy to follow modules, (the first module can be used for writing poetry) the course shows the difference between plot and theme and lets the writer answer the question, what is your work about? One tip having done the course, allow yourself time between modules, (at least an hour) to reflect on what you have written previously. The course allows you to produce an idea, progress a theme and develop characters in a way you may not have considered. With this course you will never be short of ideas. As part of the course Mike is offering an on-line 30 minute feedback for anyone completing the course. Invaluable for anyone wanting to take their work forward.
Super course (The First 10 Pages). Mike was clear and constructive. Warm and welcoming way of working in a small group to understand how to improve and produce a dynamic opening to a play. Warm ups led naturally to the subject matter of each session. Great to be able to hear and appreciate others’ work in progress and to see how Mike’s teaching consolidated and built over the weeks to give a lasting structure. I will definitely be looking to working with Mike in the future.
Thanks again Mike for another wonderful course (Top of the Stack:Act 2). The course is a brilliant balance of theory, exercises and specific reference to individual scripts. It’s really made a big difference to my current play, by allowing me to apply the tools and techniques learned, to sharpen and make my piece more dramatic. I will definitely be using the ample resources provided to help structure, edit and improve past and future plays. Thank you.
What are the Dates for the Online Writing Workshop?
The one-day workshops will run on the following dates:
- Sunday, 1st Nov 2026, 10am-2pm.
- Sunday, 6th Dec 2026, 10am-2pm
- Sunday, 3rd January 2027, 10am-2pm
- Sunday, 31st January 2027, 10am-2pm
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