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Screenwriting

Liverpool John Moores University

Postgraduate MA Part-time 2 Years English literature and creative writing

About this course

This MA in Screenwriting from LJMU invites you to explore your creative potential, by giving you the creative space to develop as a writer.

  • Next intake is September 2026

  • Develop your own original voice to create challenging and innovative TV and feature film ideas

  • Learn key industry-skills within a professional writers’ room environment

  • Produce a substantial screenwriting portfolio to industry standard

  • Be taught by highly experienced professionals who have collaborated with such scriptwriters as Julian Fellowes (Downton Abbey) and Peter Morgan (The Crown) amongst others. Read more about Richard Monks on IMDB

  • Benefit from Liverpool’s reputation as a world-leading hub for TV and film production.

  • Experience masterclasses from top visiting industry professionals

  • Forge links with award-winning production companies

    With the focus on current professional practice within the TV & Film industry, as well as learning scriptwriting theory, this course will encourage you to develop an original voice, pursue challenging and innovative methods of storytelling, engage in research and development, and view your work in the context of the marketplace. Sessions include lectures, screenings, practical exercises, workshops, specialist visiting lectures and masterclasses.

    The course emphasises the development of practical screenwriting skills and the production of a portfolio of work, developed to the highest professional standards. You will gain an understanding of professional practice, pitching and marketing screenplays and learn to critically analyse films and screen texts.

    • Career Prospects

    Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations. Click through for salaries, employment rates and other UK degrees that lead there:

    3412 Authors, writers and translators 4135 Library clerks and assistants 2471 Librarians 2492 Newspaper and periodical broadcast journalists and reporters 2491 Newspaper, periodical and broadcast editors

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    Course Details

    Qualification
    MA
    Study Mode
    Part-time
    Duration
    2 Years
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    Liverpool
    Scheme
    Postgraduate
    Subjects
    English literature and creative writing

    Offered by

    Liverpool John Moores University

    Liverpool

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