This class has helped me feel a little more prepared to write a screen play. I appreciate the way the teacher broke it down in a way where I didn't feel overwhelmed by terminology.

Shes awesome. Straight to the good stuff without any fluff!

The Good: - The lessons are informative and easy to understand - Provides ample examples and further reading - The class is self-paced, and easy to work into any busy schedule - You don't have to buy anything expensive as free tool options are discussed - If you see this class through, you will have a full script - This is the perfect class for someone who feels like they want to write a script but don't know where to start The Bad: (note: this is solely from my experience) - Class participation is low, despite teacher's efforts to encourage critique and comments - Skillshare's project upload system doesn't provide updates to your classmates when you've updated your project so it's difficult to get your revisions noticed and to notice their updates in return - Teacher has a hands-off approach and relies on critique from peers, but as stated, critique from peers is sparse. I enjoyed this class. This is my first skillshare and I think for the price, the classroom-level information and the access to past and current project examples of my peers was worth it. I'm used to self-study and online community, and I had a clear goal of what I wanted from this information, so I thrived. I do not think this class is for someone easily discouraged by lack of comments, is looking to find a community of peer writers, or who needs hard deadlines to complete assignments. I found the lessons clear, easy to follow, concise, engaging, and inspiring. The extra resources that Sarah provides helped me in my self-study, as well. There is also a wealth of great completed projects with interesting critiques to read from the past classes, when it was on a deadline, to read. I also appreciate that this was a self-guided class as I was able to squeeze in my learning around my busy day-to-day life, but this kind of a set up isn't for everyone and I felt also lead to my major critique: little to no interaction in the class. I found the lack of comments and critique discouraging and I think it kept many of my classmates from completing assignments. I found that after the first assignment or so my comments section went quiet. For some background, yes, I commented on others' work, and yes, I posted about my final update in the discussions forum. I could probably have done even more to network, but it felt like I was getting back only 20% of what I was giving out even still, which is frustrating when one takes an open-deadline class to try to work the lessons into a busy day schedule already. I think the problem is the set up for skillshare projects works against an open-enrollment, work-as-you-can class setting reliant on discussion of many drafts. Skillshare gives only one (sort of buggy) project page that you have to keep and update on as you work, but your project does not bump up to the top or give any notification of new changes you make. Your peers are never aware when you update by default, and in a no-deadline setting this kills your interaction. For future classes I might suggest the current classmates put together a discussion forum where they post about when they update to each other, maybe even partner up with a "beta-buddy", someone who will specifically read and critique their work in return for the same, to guarantee each person gets reviewed and feels inspired to see the work through. I would recommend this class. I had positive results from it, because it was a valuable resource with great information and examples and I was dedicated to the project I was working on as my assignment. I also believe there might be creative solutions to encourage comments and critique, and so I think it is worth taking and trying to make that happen, but this not the class for someone looking for an already built-in peer review network.