12 Week Advanced How to Write a Solo Show
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12 Step How to Write a Solo Show
for 12 payments of 29.99
$299 full price
Pay full price and get a free 30min private coaching session with April
All Installment plan prices include $25 Finance Charge plus NYC sales tax
- If I write about my family,
- they will be pissed
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How do I make all the characters
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When does the course start and finish?
Classes begin July 23rd 10am-12pm online via Zoom meetings. This class will be recorded and loaded to your members only class page. The recorded course never ends! It yours to keep forever.
How long do I have access to the course?
How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.
What if I am unhappy with the course?
We would never want you to be unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, contact us within the first 7 days and we will give you a full refund.
I have tiny slips of paper with ideas or stories
all over the place.
How do I put all my scenes together to create a cohesive story?
- How do I figure out the
- psychology of the character
- so I can create realistic dialogue
- and not just talking head syndrome?
- How do I start writing?
- I'm totally blocked.
You know you're born to do solo work
and you know you have a story to tell
There are 3 Ways to Buy
How to Write a Solo Show
What do you believe to be true about
yourself as a writer and performer?
What beliefs are you holding onto
that are no longer serving you?
How might these beliefs be
standing in the way of you starting,
writing and finishing your damn solo show?
yourself as a writer and performer?
What beliefs are you holding onto
that are no longer serving you?
How might these beliefs be
standing in the way of you starting,
writing and finishing your damn solo show?
Only one problem:
YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHERE TO START?
YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHERE TO START?
So what parts of you believe you're not ready or able to write a solo show?
What parts of you believe that no one will care?
Let's excavate that belief system because it's getting in your way...
The 6 Week
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12 Week Advanced
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12 Step How to Write a Solo show |
Which class is right for me?
6 WeekWorking on getting your first draft or unhappy with your current draft of your show?
This is the class for you. The 6 Week is for folks who have stories all over the place, but no cohesive draft and need a structure to put that writing together. OR Folks who have a draft that's not ready and you're having a hell of a time trying to figure out why. PROBLEMS ▪Do you have lots of slips of paper with scenes, monologues, stories all over the place, but no cohesive story? ▪Do you have a current draft of your show, but you know there's something not quite right? ▪The story hasn't begun to sing? ▪You don't care about or believe in the characters? ▪Your inciting incident isn't clear ▪You don't understand the psychology of your characters so you can't find their voices ▪You can't figure out how to make your script "brillant" SOLUTIONS In advance of the class, you will receive daily recorded exercises to help you refine the pages you currently have or create new ones. The exercises will cover 1.generating raw material, 2.interviewing characters 3.learning how create their psychology 4.how to create an outline of your story's structure By completing these daily exercises, you will arrive on the first day of class on June 23rd with a rough outline of your top 10 hottest ideas, characters and recurring emotional themes. OR If you're working on revising a current draft, the homework will help you complete a rough outline of your current draft that April will give you notes on for the first class. |
12 WeekThis LIVE CLASS is geared towards folks who have a draft that is one step away from production ready.
This class will focus on tightening the storyline and refining the performance elements unique to solo performance. This class will also deal extensively with How to Self-Produce or Submit your script to producers and get a tour or production deal. This is where April's experience as a Tony-winning producer kicks into full gear. You will get the full benefit of her experience and she will guide you in creating a package that will be sexy to producers or a fool-proof fundraising strategy to self-produce. This class is by invitation only. To apply, send headshot/resume and first 15 pages of your script here. |
12 StepToo busy for the LIVE classes? If you would rather work independently, this 12-STEP COURSE is perfect for you. The 12 Step consists of
With this affordable option you'll learn about all aspects of solo performance, writing and production from generating raw material, structure, outline templates to marketing and fundraising. Though this class doesn't feature live coaching, you'll still be able to ask questions and get clarification by posting in the class forums and participation in April's monthly office hours on FB Live. Enrollment for this class is open to all. |
What April's Clients are saying about joining Team April
LIVE CLASS BONUSES
Membership in The 12 Step How to Write a Solo Show 12 month program
Copy of April's 16 Hour Focus, Finish & Fund Your Script webinar
A 1:1 Private Coaching Session with April
Early Bird Discount of $79 OR $159 off the price of the class
Installment plans starting at $189 OR $313
Early Bird DISCOUNT price has ended
what you
FOCUS on
you CREATE
FOCUS on
you CREATE
- gabby bernstein
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Want to learn what
April's first time writer
clients who finished
their solo shows know
that you don't?
Keep reading
The universe
is constantly
conspiring
to give you
everything
you want,
but it's up to you
to get over the
bullshit
that's telling you
that you can't
or you don't
deserve
it
--SassyFrassCypressIndigo
Now, remember the laws of attraction...
what you believe is what comes to pass
what you focus is on is what you end up doing
So if your focus is on why you can't write
then guess, what?
You won't write
If your focus is on what other people will think
even before you've started writing,
then guess what
you won't write,
you'll just keep complaining about people not liking something
THAT YOU HAVEN'T EVEN WRITTEN YET
Now say that out loud 3 times and see what kind of sense that makes?
You're giving your story away before you even get started...
Focus on what you do have:
an idea.
That's all a story is...
an idea...
The answer to all of these questions before you solve a problem, you have to believe you have the power to solve a problem.
Have you done everything within your power to make yourself a viable business investment because that's what it is when an agent/manager signs you.?
So what's your focus?
What you don't have?
Or what you want?
If what you want is success, then you have to start creating opportunities for success.
Your inner reality...
or what you believe to be true in your heart
is actually what creates the outer reality
if it's strong, it will manifest a clear, confident, ready to kick ass professional who folks will want to hire.
Have you stated your intention to write a solo show publicly?
Have you created a FB Page for your show, an instagram page, a utube channel?
What are you waiting for?
You only need an idea, sharing it with the world will get you closer to the idea, plus it will give you a place to try out stories and styles of storytelling.
If not, let's work on the mindset that got you thinking you don't have the power.
Every step you take a step towards your dreams, is an act of self love
and fuel for manifesting your dreams
These are all things completely within you power to make happen...you have the power to change your outer reality...by making small changes that add up to huge progress and growth...
But first you need to believe you have to power to create forward moving change in your life.
That's what brings courage, skill, success...
actively manifesting your dreams...
Actively taking steps on your own behalf that get you closer to your dreams...
Today, we 're going to talk about the very first step
It's where it all begins....
what you believe is what comes to pass
what you focus is on is what you end up doing
So if your focus is on why you can't write
then guess, what?
You won't write
If your focus is on what other people will think
even before you've started writing,
then guess what
you won't write,
you'll just keep complaining about people not liking something
THAT YOU HAVEN'T EVEN WRITTEN YET
Now say that out loud 3 times and see what kind of sense that makes?
You're giving your story away before you even get started...
Focus on what you do have:
an idea.
That's all a story is...
an idea...
The answer to all of these questions before you solve a problem, you have to believe you have the power to solve a problem.
Have you done everything within your power to make yourself a viable business investment because that's what it is when an agent/manager signs you.?
So what's your focus?
What you don't have?
Or what you want?
If what you want is success, then you have to start creating opportunities for success.
- What do you have absolute control over right now as it relates to your writing?
- What could you do right now that is within your power to solve to get you one step closer to your goal?
Your inner reality...
or what you believe to be true in your heart
is actually what creates the outer reality
if it's strong, it will manifest a clear, confident, ready to kick ass professional who folks will want to hire.
Have you stated your intention to write a solo show publicly?
Have you created a FB Page for your show, an instagram page, a utube channel?
What are you waiting for?
You only need an idea, sharing it with the world will get you closer to the idea, plus it will give you a place to try out stories and styles of storytelling.
If not, let's work on the mindset that got you thinking you don't have the power.
Every step you take a step towards your dreams, is an act of self love
and fuel for manifesting your dreams
These are all things completely within you power to make happen...you have the power to change your outer reality...by making small changes that add up to huge progress and growth...
But first you need to believe you have to power to create forward moving change in your life.
That's what brings courage, skill, success...
actively manifesting your dreams...
Actively taking steps on your own behalf that get you closer to your dreams...
Today, we 're going to talk about the very first step
It's where it all begins....
April Yvette Thompson
is a Tony-winning producer/writer/actor working across media. Film/TV credits include BULL, Blue Caprice, Gotham, Blue Bloods, Babylon Fields, The Exonerated (w/Susan Sarandon & Delroy Lindo), Accidental Husband, Backwards, Babylon Fields, Law & Order & Third Watch, etc. Broadway/Off Broadway credits include Clybourne Park, (Pulitzer & Tony); Vassar Voices (w/Meryl Streep), Good Bread Alley, Liberty City The Exonerated(w/Gabriel Byrne, Richard Dreyfuss), Medea, King Lear, Macbeth, etc
As SimonSays Entertainment Director of Development, April produced Sundance features: Blue Caprice (w/Isaiah Washington), Mother of George (w/Danai Gurira), Gun Hill Road (w/Esai Morales). April was on the Tony-winning producing teams for 2017 Tony for Best Revival for August Wilson's Jitney directed by Ruben Santiago Hudson and 2012 Tony for Best Revival, Porgy & Bess starring Audra MacDonald (Tony).
April wrote, produced & starred in her Miami Trilogy of plays: Good Bread Alley and Liberty City (Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Lortel noms & Jeff Award) at New York Theatre Workshop. Her latest play, Black Lives is in development at NYTW. April has taught at Rutgers University, Vassar College, Harlem School of the Arts, University of Zimbabwe, Maggie Flanigan Studio and various Universities throughout the United States as a Teaching Artist for The Acting Company. April has served as Artist in Residence at Manhattan Theatre Club, 651 Arts, NYTW and Director/Founder of the The Children’s Defense Fund’s Fundi Freedom Schools where she developed Arts in Education Curriculum for 1500 at-risk students.
EDUCATION: Vassar College, BA and Rutgers University, MFA
CHECK OUT AN EXCERPT FROM
APRIL'S HIT OFF-BROADWAY SOLO SHOW,
"LIBERTY CITY"
APRIL ALSO DISCUSSES HER
DREAMINGOUTLOUD TECHNIQUE
WHICH HELPED HER WRITE HER FIRST PLAY
We'll be talking about this quite a bit in today's class, so dig in...
What to do when you can't hear the character's voice
#soloshowproblems
It's OK
to start
writing
even if
you don't
have a clear
idea of what
you're going
to write
Why Solo Performers
are Acrobats of the
Human Condition
#SoloShowMagic
Want a step by step guide for how to write a solo show ?
$499 Week How to Write a Solo Show
All Installment plan prices include $25 Finance Charge plus NYC sales tax
Pay full price and get a free 30min private coaching session with April
Early Bird Special |
Regular Price |
When does the course start and finish?
Classes begin July 23rd 10am-12pm online via Zoom meetings. This class will be recorded and loaded to your members only class page. The recorded course never ends! It yours to keep forever.
How long do I have access to the course?
How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.
What if I am unhappy with the course?
We would never want you to be unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, contact us within the first 7 days and we will give you a full refund.