Scene-Writing Workshop: Winged Form Trapped in a Trouble Box

As in other genres, screenplay scenes come in many guises and serve multiple functions, not only to
themselves but also to their immediate context, sequence, and in service to the overall narrative. Using
examples from several contemporary films, we’ll examine scenes from the inside out as a system of
interconnected hinge forms held together with linchpins, pitons, and flexible pivots, all of which work
together to reveal new information about the character and the world, helping to drive the plot forward from one
conflict into the next.

Open to Ages 14 and up
Bring Pen/Paper or Laptop

Ken White is a poet and screenwriter who received his MFA from the University of Montana. He co-wrote and co-produced the feature film Winter in the Blood, co-directed and co-wrote the short film Universal VIP, as well as directed and co-wrote the short film The Conservationist.

He has written or co-written a dozen feature scripts, including Blight, The Wereman, The Sorrows, and Cullen’s Hound, as well as new scripts, The Orpheum Circuit, The Jennet Device, and a television pilot, LIT, with James Meetze, and most recently Wed the Dark. White is the author of three books of poetry: Eidolon, The Getty Fiend, and Middlemost Constantine.

His work has appeared in The Boston Review, Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art, Omniverse, Manor House Quarterly, Versal, Spork, Horsethief, EuropeNow, Poets.org, and BOMB Magazine, among others.