Screenwriting

Enjoy free summer writing workshops held in our outdoor Reading Room. Looking to craft a larger-than-life blockbuster? Or perhaps a down-to-earth indie is more your speed. Both require a great blueprint: the screenplay. Join us for this free workshop with Gotham Screenwriting instructor C.C. Webster to learn how to charge your stories with the visual verve of the silver screen. You’ll learn some craft, do some writing, and get to hang out in the heart of the city with fellow aspiring screenwriters. About the instructor C.C. Webster wrote the feature films Blue Ball, PA, Show & Tell, and Little Buffalo, selected for the Writers Lab, a program sponsored by Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman. Her feature script Missing won the American Scandinavian Society’s Cultural Grant. She wrote and directed the short films “Tracks,” “Easter,” and “Civil War,” which played at more than fifty film festivals worldwide. She directed the short film “Babies” and produced the short film “Junebug and Hurricane.” She is the founder and artistic director of the Drive-In Film Festival. She has taught at Westchester Community College, Brandeis University, Columbia University, and Sarah Lawrence College. She holds a BA from Brandeis University, an MA from University College London, and an MFA in Directing and Screenwriting from Columbia University.