| Date | Class Activities | Weekly Assignments |
| Tuesday Aug 19 | Introduction – how class will be conducted; what is expected of students; due dates, class policies; introduction to text & blog site Storytelling Front Page | For next class: → Memories in Threes |
| Friday Aug 22 | Basic Story Structure | → Memories in Threes due 1 For next class→ Pull-Away Love |
| Tuesday Aug 26 | Basic Story Structure | → Pull-Away Love due 2 |
| Friday Aug 29 | Basic Scene Structure | For next class:→ A Mission |
| Tuesday Sept 2 | Basic Scene Structure | → A Mission due 3 |
| Friday Sept 5 | Openings and Beats Tension | For next class: → Scene Openings/Open Defiance |
| Tuesday Sept 9 | Openings and Beats Tension | → Scene Openings & Open Defiance due 4/5 |
| Friday Sept 12 | The Purpose of Dialogue | For next class: → Elephant in the Room |
| Tuesday Sept 16 | The Purpose of Dialogue | → Elephant in the Room due 6 |
| Friday Sept 19 | Focusing on Image & Focal Point | In class writing |
| Tuesday Sept 23 | No class – Professional Day | |
| Friday Sept 26 | Negotiation | For next class: → You Don’t Get It! |
| Tuesday Sept 30 | Negotiation MIDTERM | → You Don’t Get It! due 7 |
| Friday Oct 3 | Action and Response Balance | For next class:→ Balancing Action and Response |
| Tuesday Oct 7 | Action and Response Balance | Balancing Action and Response due 8 |
| Friday Oct 10 | Individual Conferences | |
| Tuesday Oct 14 | Individual Conferences | |
| Friday Oct 17 | Grounding and Pulse | For next class:→ Integrated Activity |
| Tuesday Oct 21 | Grounding and Pulse | → Integrated Activity due 9 |
| Friday Oct 24 | Background and Theory | For next class:→ Intersection |
| Tuesday Oct 28 | Background and Theory | → Intersection due 10 |
| Friday Oct 31 | Building Better Content | For next class:→ Escalating Desire |
| Tuesday Nov 4 | Building Better Content | → Escalating Desire due 11 |
| Friday Nov 7 | Murder Club Readings | For next class:→ Group Project – Murder Club |
| Tuesday Nov 11 | Murder Club Readings | → Group Project Murder Club due 12 |
| Friday Nov 14 | Building Character | For next class: → Suppressed Defiance |
| Tuesday Nov 18 | Building Character | → Suppressed Defiance due 13 |
| Friday Nov 21 | Building Story | For next class: → Catch up |
| Tuesday Nov 25 | Building Story | Catch up session |
| Friday Nov 28 | No Class | |
| Tuesday Dec 2 | The Seven Basic Plots | In class discussion |
| Friday Dec 5 | EVERYTHING IS DUE | SCENE WRITING PORTFOLIO DUE ASSESSMENT DUE |