Places, People and the 3-Act Plot
Zoom Writing Workshop with Phil Busby
Places, People and the 3-Act Plot
The essentials of storytelling.
Six-session online workshop, 1 - 1.5 hours per session, live teaching, via Zoom.
The length of the sessions varies depending on the session topic and the questions and discussions that arise.
Sessions will be a minimum of one hour.
Only six places available on this workshop.
Starting Wednesday 2nd November 2022 at 7pm for six weeks ending 7th December 2022
Times shown: Greenwich Mean Time
If you are interested in future dates for this workshop please email: [email protected]
Workshop fee: £149.99
(meeting invite will be sent out a couple of days prior to the workshop)
Only six places available on this workshop.
Starting Wednesday 2nd November 2022 at 7pm for six weeks ending 7th December 2022
Times shown: Greenwich Mean Time
If you are interested in future dates for this workshop please email: [email protected]
Workshop fee: £149.99
(meeting invite will be sent out a couple of days prior to the workshop)
Workshop Outline
Week 1: World Building – Here you’ll learn how to create a world for your characters to live in. This could be anything from fantasy or sci-fi to current day, past or future reality. In this session we’ll give you an exercise so you can start working on your world.
Week 2: Character Building – This week you’ll learn how to develop fully rounded, believable characters. You will then be given an exercise to help start creating the main character for your own story.
Week 3: The 3-Act Plot – Part One – The practice of breaking a story down (or building one up) into three distinctive ‘acts’ is as old as the hills. The first reference to it comes from Aristotle’s Poetics, written way back in the 4th century BC, but even he didn’t invent it. Modern day screen-writers, dramatists and novelists have refined the three act plot into a precise roadmap that can help any enthusiastic writer come up with a gripping, page-turning story. So, in this session, we’ll create a world and character and then start following the map’s twists and turns, working together as a group to develop the first part of a plot so you can see precisely how it works.
Week 4: The 3-Act Plot – Part Two – In this session we'll take our character through act two of our story.
Week 5: The 3-Act Plot – Part Three – Here we’ll carry on developing the group’s story plot through to the end.
Week 6: Start Your Story – Now you’re more familiar and comfortable with the structure of a 3-act plot, in this session you’ll use it to start developing your own storyline with the help of exercises and worksheets.
This workshop is run by Budding Writers in partnership with The Writers Bureau.
Week 2: Character Building – This week you’ll learn how to develop fully rounded, believable characters. You will then be given an exercise to help start creating the main character for your own story.
Week 3: The 3-Act Plot – Part One – The practice of breaking a story down (or building one up) into three distinctive ‘acts’ is as old as the hills. The first reference to it comes from Aristotle’s Poetics, written way back in the 4th century BC, but even he didn’t invent it. Modern day screen-writers, dramatists and novelists have refined the three act plot into a precise roadmap that can help any enthusiastic writer come up with a gripping, page-turning story. So, in this session, we’ll create a world and character and then start following the map’s twists and turns, working together as a group to develop the first part of a plot so you can see precisely how it works.
Week 4: The 3-Act Plot – Part Two – In this session we'll take our character through act two of our story.
Week 5: The 3-Act Plot – Part Three – Here we’ll carry on developing the group’s story plot through to the end.
Week 6: Start Your Story – Now you’re more familiar and comfortable with the structure of a 3-act plot, in this session you’ll use it to start developing your own storyline with the help of exercises and worksheets.
This workshop is run by Budding Writers in partnership with The Writers Bureau.
Workshop Leader
Phil Busby E.N. (M) B.A. Hons
Phil Busby
A playwright, singer-songwriter and author, Phil works in course development for The Writers Bureau, Manchester. Originally a psychiatric nurse, he studied Theatre at Dartington College of Arts before working across Europe for ten years as a performer, writer and workshop leader. Phil is a co-founder of Budding Writers.
By taking part in this workshop you will:
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meet other writers
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have time to ask questions as there are only six participants per group
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develop an understanding of how to create worlds, characters and gripping stories with a structure you can come back to time and time again
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learn new ways to improve your writing
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have a well planned story outline to kick-start your writing project
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gain increased self-confidence to take your writing forward on your own.
Starting Wednesday 2nd November 2022 at 7pm for six weeks ending 7th December 2022
Workshop fee: £149.99