SCRIPTALYST
Guiding Writers, Shaping Scripts
From idea to industry-ready material, without shortcuts.
LEARN & LAUNCH
We find theory an important foundation. Our approach is built on years of mentoring MA students and industry professionals. But we also have experience pushing writers' boundaries to create fascinating stories in film language and complete, industry-ready scripts.
Why Choose Mentoring?
If you have finished a draft, received feedback and feel stuck, we help you brainstorm about potential routes for the next one. If you need direction or expert guidance on the next rewrite, we provide a focused space to make progress.
We are also quite obsessed with character depth, the clarity of your story, visual precision, and in some cases, structural rigour. We love to strengthen the dramatic spine, and we firmly believe in the emotional logic of your work.
And beyond that, we are proud to mentor students who get results.
Free introductory consultation
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A 30-minute online conversation to explore what you need and how we can work together
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Bring your project, your questions, or just your ideas — you don't need to be prepared
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Find out if mentoring or any of the services are the right fit for you
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Free · 30 minutes online
Free · 30 minutes online
One-on-One Mentoring
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Continuous, hands-on guidance through writing, editing, and packaging your script
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Work at your own pace
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Available for scriptwriting and film directing, covering preproduction to postproduction
£65 or €75/ hour
£270 or €315/ bundle of 5 sessions
Workshops
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A focused deep dive into essential topics—from script development and directing to authenticity in storytelling
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Practical takeaways that you can immediately apply to your work.
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A community of like-minded creatives, expanding your network and perspective.
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Develop Your Feature Film
A six-week development programme for writers who have an idea for a feature film and want to discover whether it can sustain a screenplay.
Many screenplays struggle not because the writer cannot write, but because the central idea has not been interrogated rigorously enough before drafting begins.
Develop Your Feature Film gives you the space and structure to test the foundations of your project before committing to a full screenplay. Across six weeks, we will examine the dramatic potential of your idea: its premise, protagonist, conflict, world, theme and story engine. You will identify what is genuinely compelling about the project, where the pressure lies, and what the film ultimately wants to become. The programme combines teaching, guided development exercises, group discussion and focused feedback on participants’ projects.
We will explore:
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The central idea, concept and story premise
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What makes an idea capable of sustaining a feature film
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Protagonist, want, need, flaw and dramatic contradiction
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Conflict, stakes and pressure
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Theme and controlling idea
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The relationship between character and story
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Genre, tone and audience expectation
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Building a compelling story engine
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Identifying the key dramatic journey
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Moving from idea towards a workable film treatment
By the end of the programme, you should have:
A clearly articulated premise, protagonist, central conflict, dramatic journey and story engine, together with the foundations of a workable feature-film treatment and a practical plan for the next stage of development.
Who is it for?
Writers should bring a feature-film idea they are committed to exploring. A completed treatment or screenplay is not required.
Format
Six weekly two-hour live online sessions, taught by Rick Harvey and Viktoria Szemeredy. The programme combines teaching, guided development exercises, group discussion and focused feedback on each participant’s project during the live sessions.
Group size: Maximum eight writers
Starting date: 13th October
Classes: Every Tuesday18:00 - 20:00 (UK time) , 19:00 - 21:00 (CET)
Fee: £395
First-cohort launch fee: £350
EDIT & ELEVATE
A great script isn’t written—it’s rewritten.
We offer bespoke development-led collaboration, not generic coverage: practical, expert mentoring that helps you refine your script, sharpen your craft, and move forward with confidence. We do not impose formulas. We identify what is most distinctive and alive in your script, then help shape it while protecting your voice.
Precision Script Analysis
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Unfiltered, in-depth notes on structure, pacing, and storytelling dynamics
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Character deep dives, refining motivation, arcs, and subtext
£65 or €75 / short script
£100 or €115/ feature script
Elevating Your Pitch
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Tailored pitch decks to position your script for film and TV opportunities
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Powerful loglines and synopses that grab attention
£135 or €155 / pitch deck consultation
price on request / pitch deck creation
Script Editing
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Script doctoring & line edits—cutting the excess, sharpening the impact
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Industry-standard formatting and presentation, ready for producers
£130 or €150 / short script
£220 or €255/ feature script
STORY SYNDICATE
Rick Harvey
Rick Harvey is an experienced screenwriting educator and mentor who bridges the gap between academic theory and cinematic storytelling. His expertise comes from years of teaching at Raindance Film School and the University of Cambridge, where he has helped countless writers strengthen their storytelling craft. Rick’s approach combines rigorous narrative structure with creative exploration, providing a deep and intellectually sharp foundation for aspiring screenwriters.
Viktoria Szemeredy
As a former psychologist and an accomplished screenwriter, director, and script consultant, Viktória has worked across feature films, shorts, and script development. With years of experience mentoring MA students, she specialises in character-driven storytelling, subtext, and narrative structure, helping writers turn raw ideas into cinematic, production-ready scripts. Her passion lies in guiding emerging voices, ensuring their scripts not only stand out creatively but also hold weight in the industry.
TESTIMONIALS
Rick has the ability to stay constantly enthusiastic and encouraging, whilst at the same time being honest, realistic and forensic in his pursuit of finding the heart of the story. Writing is about re-writing and then doing it all over again. A few times. And each time making things a little bit better.
John M.
Viktoria's dedication to her metier is absolute, and she shares her knowledge and experience with a unique blend of charm, intelligence and kindness - making her invaluable as a mentor.
Julia W.
Rick is a deep listener and gets right into the beating heart of the story. He has true knowledge of story, and his ability to share it at the right time and pace is perfect. He pushed my ideas to limits I could have not taken them on my own. He stretched me, taught me story structure, and lifted my ideas to improve the writing, deepen the characters, and firm up worlds that seemed barely in my grasp.
Vic D.
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