Masterclass: Writing Your First Short

Join us for this masterclass with Luke Lyon-Wall on writing shorts. This excusive class is for actors who want to develop their screen writing skills.

Luke is a writer and story coach. He has worked with Robert McKee (author of Story and Hollywood script consultant), Bassim El-Wakil (co- author of Action: The Art of Excitement) and various producers/actors including Amy Tuckwell (Taskmaster), James Northcote (The Last Kingdom), Elisabeth Hopper (Doctor Who, Black Mirror) and Marie Lawrence (Class

Dismissed, Murder in Successville).

Luke was a regular contributor to numerous satirical news sites totalling page views of over 17 million. His credits include comedy monologues about mental health and the DIY music industry published in Papercuts: Volumes 1 & 2, and on the independent music website Shout Louder. He was a staff writer at Story Terrace, and contributed to BBC Radio comedy shows Newsjack, Show What You Wrote and the comedy podcast Sketch Please!

He assisted Robert McKee with updating many of his courses, including his Television and Comedy writing webinar series. Luke was co-host of the writing podcast The Story Toolkit with Bassim El-Wakil, and has written for The Script Lab. He recently worked as a screenwriter, story coach, and helped produce short animated films for the mobile phone apps Fabulous and Shape (10m+ downloads).

Luke’s eclectic and extensive story background gives him a unique knowledge of the craft, and works with both businesses and individual clients on how to take ideas from inspiration to a fully realised story.