Why join a Screenwriting course with Naida?
Dr Naida Redgrave is an award-winning screen/writer, academic researcher and Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing and Screenwriting at the University of East London
Naida lives and breathes storytelling in all forms, however her doctorate focused on screenwriting as practice.
Naida has previously taught BA Creative Writing for Roehampton University and for Falmouth University (online), and now co-leads the Journalism courses at UEL, teaching across BA and MA modules in Creative Writing, Media and Performance .
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"Naida's writing is driven by a deep passion and understanding of character and story. Her knowledge and ability to nurture others' writing is an experience not to be missed."
- Iyare Igiehon, Co-founder & Director of SOUL Film Festival
Upcoming screenwriting courses
Screenwriting for beginners
Are you interested in writing stories for the screen but unsure how to get started?
Do you have an idea that perhaps started as a short story or novel, but you’re now looking to explore its potential as a screenplay?
Maybe you've written screenplays already, but are looking to carve some dedicated time in a nurturing and creative space?
This six-week course online is geared towards beginner screenwriters or those looking to brush up on and reconnect with the fundamentals of screenwriting.
DATES: Mondays starting 18th September 2023 (for six weeks)
TIME: 6 to 7.30pm (UK)
LOCATION: Online via Teams
COST: £150
Screenwriting: from concept to short script
For writers with some experience of the screenwriting form, this four-week online course is designed to guide from the conceptualising of an idea towards a polished draft on the page.
Through analysis of texts written for screen, group discussions and peer feedback, the course delves beyond plot, exploring the verisimilitude of screen-written worlds though dialogue (both the said and the unsaid), character development and narrative style, tone and voice.
DATES: Mondays starting 13th November 2023 (for four weeks)
TIME: 6 to 8pm (UK)
LOCATION: Online via Teams
COST: £150
One-to-one mentoring
Bespoke help and feedback with screenplays (and in exceptional cases, creative nonfiction or fiction writing).
Tailored consultation according to writers particular needs. She works internationally by Teams or Zoom, as well as face-to-face in North East Essex.
COST: £50 an hour which includes time taken to assess up to 3000 words and a half-hour meeting over Teams/ Zoom.
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Location
All screenwriting courses take place online over Teams.
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About me
Naida is pronounced 'N-eye-da' (as in rhymes with 'spider').
Naida's courses are all offered via The Writer's Company and can be booked directly by contacting Naida via email.
Naida’s own work frequently explores the lives of minoritised women; her published works include the children's middle grade biography The Extraordinary Life of Mary Seacole (Puffin Books, 2019), and a YA biography on Shonda Rhimes (Enslow Publishing, 2017). Her doctorate explored the relationship between cinematic representations and screenwriting practice, and looked at developing methodologies to interrogate the way that screenwriting informs representation.
Naida has experience in children’s and drama TV development, with commissioned work including Horrible Histories (Lion TV, 2022) and drama series development for Lonesome Pine/ Channel 4 (2019). She’s had two original drama pilots optioned; Wild Island, winner of the TriForce Writerslam competition (2018), and Home, finalist in the C21 International Drama Series Script competition (2015).
More generally, Naida is interested in both fiction and non-fiction which explores topics and themes around identity, family dynamics and lesser-known and under-explored hi(stories) and characterisations.
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