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True Lit: Basics of Screenwriting *

Finding Your Structure

With Fayetteville Film Festival

Screenwriting is fun and hard. No matter if you’re a beginner or an Oscar winner, the start of a screenplay can feel daunting. Let’s dive into some of the basics and consider approaches to structure to help you get started and unstuck when the inevitable block happens. There’s no perfect science, but there’s a history of storytelling to lean on.

This event is presented in partnership with the Fayetteville Film Festival, a non-profit organization dedicated to nurturing the art of filmmaking in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and its surrounding areas. Their mission is to unite a community of creators and supporters by bringing world-class independent films to our region, developing meaningful relationships with filmmakers and celebrating the transformative power of storytelling through cinema. Learn more at https://www.fayettevillefilmfest.org.

The True Lit Festival is in collaboration with the Fayetteville Public Schools, Fayetteville Public Education Foundation, Walton Arts Center, University of Arkansas Program in Creative Writing and Translation and Altrusa International of Fayetteville, Arkansas.

About the instructor: 

As the president of the NWA Screenwriters Collective, Raelyn Munneke is honored to lead the growing community of screenwriters, encouraging fellowship and education in the craft. With a career that has spanned both documentary and narrative film, Raelyn has produced series for ESPN and The Golf Channel and earned a Regional Mid-America Emmy nomination for her documentary about Northwest Arkansas, Hog Town. As a freelance filmmaker and owner of Munneke Productions, she manages a business that scales to serve clients from nonprofits to Fortune 500’s, including Disney, Johnson & Johnson, and Walmart International. Her short comedy screenplay, Mom.ent of Peace, received Second Rounder at the Austin Film Festival screenplay competition. She’s writing a historical drama feature, science fiction television pilot, and animation short. Raelyn is also leading the student-focused Ozark Media Arts Festival as the 2023 Festival Director, connecting education to industry, and helping students find opportunities for their future in media arts.

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