In 2027, we are offering a four-part webinar series for AWC members about screenwriting by screenwriter and award-winning author Michael Lucker.
The series is $52 (including a 4% processing fee) and will grant you live online access via Zoom on the date of each four-part webinar as well as a link to the recording for each one, in case you're unable to attend the live presentation or want to watch it again. Each recording will be retained online until the end of 2027, so if you register after one or more of the webinars are held, you will still be able to view the ones you missed through December 31, 2027. You will also receive any handout(s) created for each webinar in the series.
If you are not yet an Atlanta Writers Club member but want to register for this webinar series, you will have the option to add AWC membership to your total. You will then also be able to attend our monthly in-person meetings at no charge, participate in our critique groups, register for our conferences, enter our contests, and register for periodic standalone online workshops offered free to members.
MICHAEL LUCKER is an award-winning author, screenwriter, and educator with fifteen years experience writing for major studios and fifteen years experience lecturing at major universities.
He began his career writing cable commercials while earning his undergraduate degree in broadcasting and film at Boston University’s College of Communication. Soon after he landed in Los Angeles working in production for ABC, NBC, CBS, and HBO before taking a job as assistant to Steven Spielberg at Amblin Entertainment on the feature films Always, Arachnophobia, Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade, and Jurassic Park.
Michael went on to work in creative affairs at Hollywood Pictures on movies Crimson Tide, Terminal Velocity, Straight Talk, and Taking Care of Business before embarking on a career as a screenwriter for Paramount, Disney, DreamWorks, Fox, and Universal on films Vampire in Brooklyn, Home on The Range, Mulan II, LIlo & Stitch II, Emperor's New Groove II, and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, which was nominated for an Academy Award as best animated feature.
Soon an opportunity to help launch a new network for Turner Entertainment brought him home to Atlanta. He went on to work in television creating series for Animal Planet, Travel Channel, Cartoon Network, Discovery, History, TBS, TNT, TLC, OWN, DIY, A&E, and MSNBC. He also consulted on indie films Fear of Rain, Signing Day, Good Intentions., and On a Wing and a Prayer.
Recently, Michael was hired to adapt the award-winning children’s book series Freeing Freddie by FTM Media, write the feature thriller Project 33 for Monument Media, pen the feature drama Fathom & Faith for Three Ring Pictures, develop the limited series A Nation on Fire for ShoulderHill Entertainment, and serve as script doctor on the animated series Scout Elf Squad for The Lumistella Company.
A renowned instructor in screenwriting, Michael serves as senior lecturer at the University of North Georgia, mentor in Reinhardt University’s Creative Writing MFA program, and founder of Screenwriter School. In 2017 the Georgia Film Academy hired him to create a high school screenwriting curriculum which has since been taught to more than 20,000 students in the state.
His book on screenwriting — Crash! Boom! Bang! How to Write Action Movies — was published by www.mwp.com in 2017.
His best-selling mystery novel — Rule One — was published by www.wordeee.com in 2025.
In 2026 he was nominated for Georgia Author of the Year and was a finalist for the Silver Falchion Award for Best Mystery.
In this four-part online series, best-selling author, award-winning screenwriter, and acclaimed writing professor, Michael Lucker, teaches you the tricks of the trade for turning hefty books—your novel or memoir—into sellable screenplays, with lessons that are also applicable to screenwriting in general. With time between each workshop, you can apply what you learn to your own original screenplay or screen adaptation of your novel or memoir and finish the year strong with a finished screenplay ready to take to market. Or you can drop-in for just a class or two of your choosing and learn how to look at writing the way seasoned screenwriters do.
Breaking the Book
In this first of a four-part series, Michael shows you how to mine the essential ingredients of your 350-page novel to turn it into a captivating 120-page screenplay. Knowing the bones and muscles of your core story allows you to cut the fat you never knew existed.
Building the Beast
In this second of a four-part series, Michael shows you how to re-build the structure of your novel into a breezy outline fit for today's movie-watching audience. Once complete, you’ll be ready to hit the ground running adapting your own book or writing an original script from scratch.
Fun with Format
In this third of a four-part series, Michael shows you the dos and don’ts of screenplay formatting from Fade In to Fade Out. You’ll learn how to use screenwriting programs to expedite the process for crafting professional description, dialogue, and transitions that make your script stand out.
Payday Heyday
In this fourth of a four-part series, Michael shows you how to sell your finished screenplay. You’ll not only learn how to protect the script rights, enter top competitions, and find literary agents, but prepare yourself to navigate the studio development process from rewrites to residuals.
The webinar recordings will be available to view until December 31, 2027.
To select this four-part webinar series, please complete the fields below then click the SUBMIT button for payment by credit/debit card.
- For AWC members only- No refunds will be provided; if you can't attend any of the live webinars, you will still receive the recordings and any handouts provided by the speakers.- The price includes a 4% processing fee for credit/debit cards
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If you are not a current Atlanta Writers Club member or your AWC membership will expire before October 14, 2027, please select this optional payment as well as the quarterly series registration
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