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Nearly 25 years of teaching distilled into a repeatable story system that gets results.
Taught by Keren Green, WGAW member · 25 years evaluating scripts · worked with Oscar and Emmy-winning teams
The TWO WAYS to Write a Screenplay
Almost every writer starts the same way... You have an idea you love, you've watched hundreds of movies. Maybe you've even read some screenplays, so you're not going in blind, you know what the page should look like.
You jot down notes about the characters, maybe create some index cards with plot ideas.
(Or you skip any kind of outline entirely because there's plenty of advice telling you to discover it on the page)
And you type FADE IN. It takes effort, but you manage to reach FADE OUT. You have a draft in your hands. Something you can actually send to people!
But then the notes start to come back...
"The second act drags," "I don't care about the protagonist," "The stakes aren't clear."
So you roll up your sleeves to start the rewrite. That's the job, everyone says writing is rewriting... Some things get better. Other things break. You pull one thread and the whole thing unravels.
And slowly... MONTHS TURN INTO YEARS while you are still writing the same screenplay.
And that's the HARD WAY.
But almost everyone chooses it because it's disguised itself as the easy way.
The other way... the actual EASY WAY takes effort too. It just doesn't cost you YEARS.
You do most of the heavy lifting BEFORE you ever type FADE IN by building a story foundation deliberately, so that by the time you get to pages, you already know the story is going to stand up.
And Breakthrough Script teaches the entire process, step-by-step, to save you years of frustration and struggle.
I know both paths all too well, because I walked the wrong one multiple times.
My first screenplay is tucked away, deep in a drawer, after giving it years of my life. I turned myself inside out for that draft, pulled all-nighters, pushed through despite it all. And people were always there to tell me, That's how it's done. You have to cut your teeth on this one. It's part of the craft.
But then, I did it again... I was hired as a professional writer to do rewrites on a feature screenplay. Hired to fix what wasn't working. IT TOOK ME NINE YEARS! Nine Years of writing and rewriting and writing in circles, because the foundation was never properly built - not by the writer who came before me, and not by me... because even though I was a "pro" and knew my craft... I hadn't yet learned how to build a foundation that wouldn't crack.
The meetings were the worst part of it. Walking in with a draft I'd poured blood, sweat and tears into only to realize the script still wasn't where it needed to be even after addressing every note.
But all of that changed once I figured out the pathway that works... every time.
Now, I write solid drafts in four to eight weeks. I still get notes, of course, there are always going to be notes, but they usually come with, "I love this. I'm just being nitpicky."
The difference isn't that I suddenly became more talented, or got lucky, or had the "right" network. The difference is that I figured out how to build a foundation that works. No matter what gets thrown at it, the story won't collapse if it is built right from the start.
See, after a couple decades of teaching and working as a "gatekeeper" myself, I've read thousands of scripts and watched writer after writer walk that same difficult path that I had traversed. It took multiple degrees and working with hundreds of students for me to synthesize a teachable system that gets writers from idea to a finished draft they can be proud of every time.
What took me more than thirty years to figure out, you can learn in thirty days.
It's a lot of work. But not years of it.
A Promising Idea Isn’t Enough If the Script Doesn’t Deliver
Too many writers get stuck somewhere between an exciting concept and a draft that actually works. And, unfortunately, they often finish drafts only to receive feedback that is less than stellar.
Like: “Promising idea, but the execution isn’t there yet.”
So writers go to work on the symptoms. They punch up the dialogue. They throw a subplot into the second act. They give the protagonist a dog so he's more likable.
Only none of it works because the notes are actually pointing to one fundamental problem: the story wasn't built on a solid foundation.
Character, theme, structure, plot, world, even the subplots were all developed as separate pieces and then shoved together like a puzzle that needed to be assembled.
Instead of allowing each element to grow organically from a solid foundation.
When the individual story elements are created in isolation, writers end up dealing with same issues again and again…
No Reliable Roadmap
You sit down to write and the story stalls, wanders, or turns into a string of disconnected events. You know the idea has potential but you're not sure what should happen next, or why.
Repetitive Feedback
Flat characters. No emotional arc. The story doesn't feel like it's "about anything"... Nobody gives you a process for turning characters and theme into scenes that work, so you fix the symptoms and the same notes keep coming back - you feel like you're spinning your wheels.
Neverending Rewrite
You reach FADE OUT and start again. Some things improve, some break. Draft after draft, because you're trying to perform surgery on a foundation without fully understanding how to build one.
But there is another way...
Introducing
BREAKTHROUGH SCRIPT™
Build the foundation. Map the transformation. Write the draft. Then rewrite it with purpose.
Breakthrough Script™ is a comprehensive screenwriting course that takes you from raw idea to a professionally formatted, structurally sound, elevated screenplay draft that you can send out with confidence.
WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT?
Most screenwriting advice teaches the craft in pieces:
structure, character, theme, scenes, dialogue, and rewriting as separate skills.
But the best screenplays are crafted in a way where every element is clearly connected.
Breakthrough Script™ gives you an integrated system
so you can design a story where every element plays its role in a screenplay that feels seamless.
Everything
Connects
Character, theme, structure, scenes, dialogue, world, drafting, and rewrite are not treated as separate pieces. You build them from the same story engine, so the screenplay feels unified instead of forced together.
Structure From Character
Instead of squeezing your story into a formula, you build the plot from the protagonist’s wound, false belief, goal, pressure, and transformation, so the structure grows organically from who the character is.
Belief Cycle™ Tracks Change
The Belief Cycle shows how your protagonist’s false belief is challenged, tested, cracked, and either transformed or refused across the story, giving you a clear map for emotional and structural movement.
Six-Layer Beat Sheet Gives Direct Path to Draft
Your script is never a bunch of random events happening. Instead, you build each beat through theme, subplot, wound, false belief, scene mapping, rhythm, and world, so every scene, every moment has a reason to exist.
Rewrite Built-In
The course doesn't stop when you type FADE OUT. You move through a multi-pass rewrite process that helps you revise from big-picture structure down to dialogue, visuals, and polish. One focus per pass allows you to elevate the rough draft into your final draft without ever feeling overwhelmed.
By The End of the Course
By the end of the course, whether you move fast and complete it in 30 days or work steadily through it at your own pace with lifetime access, the goal is the same:
You will have a professionally formatted, structurally sound, revised screenplay draft you are proud to send out.
The kind of draft that could get you noticed. The kind of draft you can send to contests, fellowships, representation and producers.
Breakthrough Script™ is designed to help you build the solid, professionally crafted draft that will get you to the next rung on your screenwriting career.
The class helped me gain confidence in finishing my Feature Film and knowing exactly how to structure it correctly. I would 10/10 recommend Keren’s classes to anyone who asks. Well worth the investment.
- Zanle L.
This course pushed me beyond my comfort zone, awakened new perspectives on writing and sharpened my skills beyond a level I had thought was possible.
- Annamarie C.
I went into the classes having never written anything resembling a script before. And I came out of it so proud of the work I had produced and excited to write more.
- Christie B.
TESTIMONIALS
What writers are saying...
"It really does cover everything you need"
" Since I did Breakthrough Script, I have done nine scripts in total, that I would be unembarrassed to show anyone and, that would never have been possible if I hadn't had the training that I got." - Lyn Collie
"I feel so empowered having taken this class."
" I took the class being like, "Okay, let's see what I can do, and let's challenge myself," and I left it with like, "Oh my gosh, I can actually go and see this come to fruition"." - Charisse Uy
"I recommend this, I really do."
" I'm really happy for taking the course, because without it, it would still be an idea. It would still be sitting in my head. But now I've got something out" - Antony Gusscott
"I know I have jumped ahead many years from doing Breakthrough Script"
" The framework that, I've learnt in the Breakthrough Script, has been really awesome in helping me build a really full world with deep and complex characters." - Rachel Papprill
Breakthrough Script™
What You Get Inside...
The Belief Cycle System™
You'll know exactly how to create a plot and structure that organically comes from your character.
(Never separate ideas that feels like you have to somehow force a round plot onto your square protagonist).
The Belief Cycle System™ is present in every story that works, from The Holdovers to Top Gun: Maverick to Everything Everywhere All At Once. When your protagonist's internal logic drives the external story, everything clicks into place. Breakthrough Script gives you a framework that you'll be able to apply to every screenplay you write from now on.
A Proven Path To FADE OUT
You are never lost, and never left wondering what to do next. The course guides you step-by-step, one video lesson at a time, from your first idea all the way to FADE OUT and then through the elevation rewrite. When the feedback notes come, you'll know exactly how to apply them, because you'll understand the structure your story is built on.
Breakthrough Script™ is a complete screenwriting course with short video lessons that walk you through the entire process, one task at a time: concept, character development, scene construction, structure, and a multi-pass revision system that helps you refine your first draft into something you’re proud of and ready to send out.
A Writing Community
Writers need writers. The Herd is there to give feedback and encouragement on each assignment, as well as providing direct access to Keren and our other instructors when you have questions.
Bi-weekly live Zoom sessions are offered to take deeper dives into subjects and answer any questions that may arise about the program.
There’s something about knowing other people are at their desks at the same time you are, working through the same process. And when you watch how another writer solves the same structural problem differently than you might have, it expands what you think is possible.
Bonus Content
What happens after FADE OUT?
Writing a great screenplay is one thing. Getting it into the world is another. Beyond the Script is a complete post-draft resource covering everything you need to put your work in front of the right people, including: loglines, synopses, one-pagers, and query letters that get read.
Module 2 takes you even further with: how to pitch verbally in a room or via Zoom, how the industry landscape works, what to do with contests and fellowships, how to find representation, and what it looks like to build a career writing screenplays.
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The Breakthrough Script™ Curriculum
Phase 1: Development Foundations
Purpose: Build the story engine before you start drafting, so your screenplay has a clear premise, protagonist, emotional spine, and thematic direction.
Deliverable: A complete development foundation for your screenplay, including your idea, logline, protagonist, wound, false belief, thematic truth, antagonist, supporting cast, world, voice, and core story materials.
What you’ll build: The character, theme, world, and premise foundation your entire script will grow from.
Click to view days 1–7
Day 1: Why story matters; how screenplays are different from other forms of writing; screenplay format and what goes on the page; where ideas come from and how to elevate them
Day 2: The Brain Dump: exhaust every thought you have about your story before you start shaping it; loglines and the C.D.O.G. formula; the RISE feedback method and your Herd community; marketability
Day 3: Character as transformation: the function of story; The Wound and False Belief System; Thematic Truth; The Four Traits
Day 4: Action lines: what they actually do; the craft and rules; Show Don't Tell in practice; writing action lines for your specific character; going deeper on your protagonist
Day 5: Dialogue: what it does and how it works; the technicals; subtext and conflict; building distinct character voice; your character's goal, what they consciously want
Day 6: You’ll build your antagonist and supporting cast through the Thematic Spectrum, so every major character pressures, reflects, challenges, or distorts the protagonist’s false belief.
Day 7: World: every story has one; locations that build your story; the rules of your world; expressing theme through environment
Phase 2: Structure
Purpose: Turn your foundation into a transformation map that connects character, theme, plot, subplot, scene movement, rhythm, and world.
Deliverable: A Six-Layer Beat Sheet that shows how your story unfolds through the Belief Cycle System.
What you’ll build: A clear structural roadmap for your screenplay, so you know what happens, why it happens, and how each major turn pressures your protagonist to change.
Click to view days 8–15
Day 8: Character arc and the journey of change; Need vs. Goal; pressure and how change actually happens; structure serves character; introduction to the Belief Cycle
Day 9: The Belief Cycle™ in depth; Section 1: Ordinary World with False Belief; Section 2: Challenge to Belief. applying and tracking both sections across story examples
Day 10: Section 3: Testing Belief in a New Context; Section 4: The Midpoint; Belief System Shows Cracks. applying and mapping both sections
Day 11: Section 5: Eyes Beginning to Open; Section 6: Crisis -- the Belief System Fails Completely; anatomy of a crisis. applying and mapping both sections
Day 12: Section 7: Action Without Agenda; Section 8: New Belief in Action (or Refusal). Completing the full Belief Cycle map for your story
Day 13: What a beat is; beat sheet fundamentals; But/Therefore causality; translating the Belief Cycle into your first-pass beat sheet
Day 14: Subplots: what they are, how to weave them in, supporting characters as subplot engines
Day 15: Applying all Six-Layers to the beat sheet: layering sequence, scene maps, rhythm, visual details, and supporting characters into a complete structural blueprint
Phase 3: The Vomit Draft
Purpose: Move from planning to pages with momentum, using your structure as a guide without getting trapped by perfectionism.
Deliverable: A complete first draft of your screenplay, written section by section through the full Belief Cycle.
What you’ll build: The full draft of your story, from opening image to FADE OUT, with a clear path through each major movement of the screenplay.
Click to view days 16–23
Day 16: Writing Section 1: Ordinary World with False Belief. Troubleshooting: the Placeholder Method, on-the-nose dialogue, exposition through action, when your beat sheet changes mid-draft
Day 17: Writing Section 2: Challenge to Belief. Troubleshooting: pacing your scenes, scene transitions, staying creative within structure
Day 18: Writing Section 3: Testing Belief in a New Context. Troubleshooting: tracking multiple characters, subtext layers, action line clarity, the writing vs. editing distinction
Day 19: Writing Section 4: The Midpoint; Belief System Shows Cracks. Troubleshooting: writing the midpoint, placeholder discipline, managing subplots, tracking belief state
Day 20: Writing Section 5: Eyes Beginning to Open. Troubleshooting: writing vulnerability, updating your beat sheet mid-draft, exposition overload, the temptation to revise, when the story feels broken
Day 21: Writing Section 6: Crisis - The Belief System Fails Completely. Troubleshooting: writing the crisis, supporting cast in the darkest moment, pacing emotional sections. Halfway celebration.
Day 22: Writing Section 7: Action Without Agenda. Troubleshooting: writing the transformation, climax vs. resolution, thematic payoff, the final push
Day 23: Writing Section 8: New Belief in Action. First Draft complete celebration. What to do with your placeholders. Draft exchange with Herd members. RISE feedback at draft one. Week 3 close and Week 4 preview.
Phase 4: The 20-Pass Revision System
Purpose: Revise with a clear, layered process, so rewriting is strategic rather than a do-over. You won't be rebuilding the story, you'll be elevating one that already stands up.
Deliverable: A revised and elevated screenplay draft, strengthened through twenty focused passes across structure, character, theme, scenes, dialogue, visuals, and polish.
What you’ll build: A professional rewrite process you can use to diagnose, strengthen, and elevate this script and every script you write after it.
Click to view days 24–30
Day 24: Macro Passes
Pass 1: Theme Integrity Check
Pass 2: Protagonist Transformation Mapping
Pass 3: Antagonist Architecture
Pass 4: Supporting Character Constellation
Pass 5: Emotional Arc Tracking
Day 25: Structure Passes
Pass 6: Chain Analysis (But/Therefore throughout the full draft)
Pass 7: Tension Architecture
Pass 8: World as Character
Day 26: Character Depth, Part 1
Pass 9: Wound-to-Wisdom Tracking
Pass 10: Relationship Dynamics
Day 27: Character Depth, Part 2
Pass 11: Character Traits Check (Four Traits on the page)
Pass 12: Voice Authenticity and Expression
Pass 13: Choice Escalation
Day 28: Dialogue
Pass 14: Subtext
Pass 15: Monologue Moments
Day 29: Visual Storytelling
Pass 16: Symbolic Consistency
Pass 17: Show Don't Tell Audit
Day 30: Final Polish
Pass 18: Genre Expectation Balance
Pass 19: Rhythm and Tone
Pass 20: Final Wordsmithing
Day 30 ends with: YOU HAVE A PROFESSIONAL FIRST DRAFT, ready to share with managers, agents, producers, contests, and fellowships.
This Course is For You If...
You have a screenplay idea you cannot stop thinking about
You've started scripts before but struggle to finish
You have written scripts that are not getting the feedback or response you hoped for
You want to understand how character, theme, structure, scenes, and rewrite actually connect
You want a clear system you can use again for future scripts
You are willing to do the work and build the writing muscle
You want to finish with a draft you are proud to send out
This Course is Not For You If...
You are looking for a shortcut.
You want to passively watch videos and have a script appear.
You want AI to write a screenplay for you.
You are looking for a guaranteed sale, representation, or produced credit.
You already have a polished, send-out-ready draft and are not looking to rebuild or revise.
You're specifically looking for TV only training. Keep an eye out for our Pitch & Pilot course coming soon!
Meet Your Instructor
My name is Keren Green, and I’ve been on every side of the screenwriting journey.
I've earned multiple degrees in creative writing for entertainment and worked with top producers, including Oscar-winning teams, and eventually earned my way into the Writers Guild of America West. But the road was long and challenging. And I know now that most of tears and frustrations along the way weren't necessary.
I used to walk into meetings bracing myself for the notes. I would tell myself it was okay if they hated it, okay if they tore it apart.
It took years of hard work. Then, slowly, the conversations changed...
People started saying things like:
“We love this script.”
“The door is always open.”
“We’d like you to develop this for us.”
I found myself pitching to companies I had dreamed of being in the room with. Opportunities started to open, not because I had magically “arrived,” but because my scripts were finally doing the job they needed to do. I could finally be depended on to deliver.
So what changed? Was it my degrees? The certificates? Just time? Or perhaps the countless rewrites?
I don't think so.
Over thirty-five or so years that I've been in this industry, my curiosity for understanding story at its core only ever grew. I studied everything I could get my hands on. I took the classes, read the books, and learned from the academics who came before me. And not one of them taught me a cohesive method for building a story from the ground up that would hold together under pressure.
So I figured it out myself.
I spent nearly twenty-five years teaching, mentoring, workshopping scripts, and evaluating projects from the other side of the table, I started seeing the same patterns again and again.
Writers weren't struggling because they lacked imagination or talent.
They were struggling because there wasn't a clear, character-driven process that could carry them from idea to finished screenplay.
So, I began testing, teaching, refining, and synthesizing what actually worked. I watched where writers got stuck. I watched where their stories started to break down. I watched what helped them move forward again.
Over time, a system emerged. I didn't plan on it... My focus had always been on finding the cleanest and clearest way to get a writer from point A to point B... and somewhere in there, the Belief Cycle System was born.
A process that keeps character, theme, structure, scenes, drafting, and revision connected from the start. It is a system that can guide a writer from the first spark of an idea all the way through to a completed, polished draft.
That process became the foundation of Breakthrough Script.
This course is for beginners who know they have stories to tell but don’t know where to start. It’s for writers who can reach FADE OUT but still don’t understand why their scripts aren’t landing. And it’s for all writers who are ready to craft stories that work.
You don't need to be touched by the muse.
And you certainly don't have to read every book, watch every YouTube video, or write ten bad scripts before you write a good one.
You just need a process that works.
A clear map you can follow from idea to structure, from structure to draft, and from draft to a polished screenplay you are proud to send out.
I had to learn this the hard way, but you don't have to. If you are willing to show up, stay open, and do the work, I know how to guide you through this process because I found my way and I’ve helped many other writers find their way through it too.
You’ve got this.
Let’s write your script.
Ready to Write Your Screenplay?
If you have an idea you care about, or a draft that keeps getting less than stellar feedback, this was built for you. Breakthrough Script gives you the system, the structure, and the rewrite process to take a screenplay from raw idea to a draft you are proud to send out -- without needing to spend years figuring out how to make it work.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need any prior screenwriting experience?
No. The course begins with the fundamentals: format, mindset, the core tools, and builds from there. If you've never even opened screenplay software before Day 1, you'll have everything you need. If you have experience, Phase 1 is a chance to deepen your understanding rather than just review basics, because the framework you'll build everything on, the Belief Cycle System, is likely new regardless of your background.
How long does the course take?
The course is laid out across 30 days or 30 lessons. Some writers move through one a day, others take longer, either way is completely fine - you have lifetime access, and the work matters more than the pace. What you won't do is wander. Every lesson tells you exactly what to build next. But constant motion is the best way to complete a screenplay, so whatever time commitment you make, stick to it and you'll get it done. Phase 1 builds your tools, Phase 2 builds your blueprint, Phase 3 asks you to write fast, and Phase 4 takes you through revision. Momentum is a real thing in screenwriting, and this course is designed to protect it.
How much time should I set aside each day?
Most students spend 1–3 hours per day on the course, depending on where they are in the process and personal schedule allowances. During the vomit draft phase (Phase 3), writing 12–15 pages per day requires a meaningful block of uninterrupted time, but by the time you get there you have a solid map, so it is speed writing without over-thinking or pausing. Ultimately, you set your own schedule, but the daily commitment is real to write a feature-length screenplay.
Is this going to be a lot of work?
Yes. You're writing a feature film screenplay that you could sell, that could be produced into a movie audiences line up to see... There are no shortcuts to create something like that. It should take effort. It just shouldn't take years of hard work! That's the trade-off this course is offering, learn how to craft a screenplay that works because you've built a solid foundation for it instead of wasting years trying to fix it. Roll up your sleeves, it's more work in the first two weeks but the payoff is worth it.
Do I need Final Draft or specific software?
Any screenwriting software works. Final Draft, Fade In, Highland Pro, WriterDuet, or other options. Day 1 covers formatting so you'll know what you're looking at regardless of the tool. If you're using free software, you're fine. One of our orientation videos covers multiple options.
Is the whole course available now?
We are at the end of our pre-launch phase, which is why the course is currently 50% off. Phases 1 & 2 are live now with writers inside already working away on them. Designed over 15 days Phases 1 & 2 build the foundation and walk you through creating a solid outline, so that you are ready for your rough vomit draft. Phases 3 & 4 are in final stages of production and are due to be released before the end of September 2026.
Will I still have to rewrite?
Yes. Always. Everyone rewrites and everyone gets notes, on every script. What changes is the kind of notes you get back. Without a solid foundation a note can send you back to a page one rewrite. When the foundation is built properly, notes are like being asked to paint a room a different color rather than tearing down the walls. Phase Four is a twenty pass rewrite system, one-focused pass at a time. This process turns your rough, vomit draft into what we would call a solid "first draft." But the process also teaches you how to approach rewriting so that you can feel confident applying any notes you get and working your way through future rewrites -- that won't take YEARS and won't send you back to a page one.
Is there a guarantee?
Yes. Start Phase One today and work through it. If it isn't what you hoped for, or you aren't learning how to craft a better screenplay, contact us within 30 days and we'll refund you in full. No questions asked.
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