About us
skillca.mp is a non-profit organization providing free skills training, reskilling and business development education globally, focusing on marginalized and underserved communities.
All of our classes and workshops are 100% free and open to everyone. If you can donate or volunteer, even a small amount goes a long way to help make these classes possible - you can sign up on https://skillca.mp/
**scriptca.mp:** Bring your screenplays or stage plays to our critique swaps, workshops, writer's groups and around the clock table reads marathon.
🎓 Free 8-week screenwriting bootcamp
🔈 Get help in active 24/7 voice channels.
📑 Advanced screenwriters lab for repped, produced screenwriters or members who are close to it and querying and placing in contests.
🏳️🌈 This is an LGBTQ+ friendly space.
♿ We embrace accessibility and respect our disabled writers!
*scriptca.mp classes are taught live on Discord at: https://scriptca.mp*
**wordca.mp:** Bring your novels, short stories, poetry or non-fiction to our daily live readings, critique swaps, workshops and writer's groups.
🎓 Free 90-day novel bootcamp
🔈 Get help in active 24/7 voice channels.
📖 We have an advanced fiction lab for agented, published authors or members who are querying and close to getting published.
🏳️🌈 This is an LGBTQ+ friendly space.
♿ We embrace accessibility and respect our disabled writers!
🗽 We produce the Voices Against Hate podcast, celebrating the personal stories of immigrants and migrants around the world.
*wordca.mp classes are taught live on Discord at: https://wordca.mp*
**filmca.mp:** Welcome beginning and experienced filmmakers. We are a filmmaking community focused on helping you take your concept from idea to production to final edit. Join our cinematography, directing, producing and post-production classes!
*filmca.mp classes are taught live on Discord at: https://filmca.mp*
**gameca.mp:** Welcome beginning and experienced game designers. We are a gamedev focused on helping you take your concept from idea to publishing. Join our weekly Unreal Engine Workshop!
*gameca.mp classes are taught live on Discord at: https://gameca.mp*
**toonca.mp:** Welcome beginning and experienced animators. We are an animation community focused on helping you take your concept from idea to storyboards to production and final edit. Join our free 12-week Animation Lab!
*toonca.mp classes are taught live on Discord at: https://toonca.mp*
About the Instructors:
Conor Kyle has written for Shudder's Creepshow (2019) and placed twice in the Nicholl Fellowship with his scripts “Peter and the Wolves” (quarterfinals, also Launchpad top 10) and The Tube (semifinals). His screenplays have also been featured on the annual Hit List, Young & Hungry List, Spec Book, and on Tracking Board’s “Best Writers of the Year” booklet.
Zack Kahn is best known for writing the 2017 horror film “Better Watch Out” (ranked in Rotten Tomatoes’ top 3 Christmas horror movies of all time).
He started as a writer/director/producer at Nickelodeon and has since written for “MAD,” “John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams,” Crackle, Yahoo!, and promos for numerous clients and mediums. Kahn has a Bollywood thriller in production and is developing a short-form comedy series. Additionally, he is a published author who has acted in several national TV commercials.
Rebekah Humphrey-Bullen is a UK based Middle Grade and Teen writer who won the Golden Egg Award in 2022 with her novel Echoes on Titan. She has a first look deal with Chicken House Books, a division of Scholastic Press founded by Barry Cunningham, best known for discovering the Harry Potter series.
Scarlet Chen is an award-winning Chinese-Canadian screenwriter, playwright, director, and stand-up comic. Her feature FORTUNE SPRINGS won first place in the 2018 UCLAx Screenplay Competition. After years of experience working as a PA, script supervisor and staff writer on high profile Chinese television series and Hollywood co-productions (KILL BILL, THE KITE RUNNER, LOOPER and IRON MAN 3 ), she sold her original Sci-Fi Thriller TV pilot DREAM RAIDER to HBO Asia. Scarlet's one act play A COFFEE FOR YOU will premiere at the 2025 Nanaimo Fringe Festival.
Upcoming events
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The Writer's Voice Live Readings & Critiques - open mic, bring your work! (Zoom)
·OnlineOnlineEnter the live meeting room here:
Zoom: RSVP for meeting invite
Discord: https://wordca.mpSubmission forms:
https://skillca.mp/voice (Google Docs link)
https://wordca.mp/feedback (any other format)Each week, writers around the world gather on WordCamp to read and critique our work out loud. Join us to experience your words from an new perspective and get real-world feedback on your novel excerpts, short stories, non-fiction or poetry.
Hearing your words read out loud also helps you identify what's working and what isn't working. Your ear will catch awkward or unnecessary phrases. What sounds eloquent in our heads might seem clunky when spoken out loud. It also helps you find the music in your words as you develop your voice. Live readings are useful to get a feel for the flow of your prose. Great authors select words not just for their meaning, but for emotional impact, rhythm, and sound
How to submit?
To submit your project to the next writer's voice, use one of these forms:
⦁ Google Docs Link submission (use this form if you are very familiar with google docs and know how to enable commenting permission for anyone with the link): https://skillca.mp/voice
⦁ File upload submission (does not require familiarity with google docs - you can upload any document format): https://wordca.mp/feedback
⦁ Please use manuscript format (double spaced, 12 pt font)How to attend?
⦁ Everyone is welcome, whether you want to read out loud, provide critiques or just listen in.
⦁ Hit the RSVP button to save your spot.
⦁ Then join us on Discord or Zoom.6 attendees
Creative Writing Workshop with Becky - Writing History Stories
·OnlineOnlineEach week, we’ll explore a different aspect of storytelling—building your skills, experimenting with new techniques, and deepening your craft. Alongside this, there’ll be dedicated time to share your work, ask questions, and receive thoughtful, supportive feedback from the group.
This week, we are looking at how to write period pieces and stories set in the past, whether realistic, alternate history or fantasy.
enter the live meeting room here: https://wordca.mp
About the Instructor:
Rebekah Humphrey-Bullen is a UK based Middle Grade and Teen writer who won the Golden Egg Award in 2022 with her novel Echoes on Titan. She has a first look deal with Chicken House Books, a division of Scholastic Press founded by Barry Cunningham, known for discovering the Harry Potter series while at Bloomsbury Publishing.Schedule:
Apr 4 Cause and Effect/Stimulous and Reaction. Order of events.
Apr 11 Subtext: Characters Saying One Thing but Meaning Another.
Apr 18 Worldbuilding Through Small Details – how setting reveals culture
Apr 25 The Rules of Magic (or Technology) – making systems believable.
May 2 How to Make Readers Feel Something.
May 9 Chekhov’s Gun (and When to Break It) – objects, lines, and details that matter later.
May 16 Writing Silent Tension – suspense without dialogue.5 attendees
Screenwriting Bootcamp Week 2: Breaking the Story! (Zoom, Free course)
·OnlineOnlineENTER THE LIVE MEETING ROOM:
Discord: https://scriptca.mp
Zoom: RSVP for inviteThis 8-week screenwriting bootcamp is free and everyone is welcome! However, if you are able to volunteer or donate, it will go a long way to help make these classes possible! You can sign up on our website: https://skillca.mp
Are you ready to write a new feature or TV pilot in 8 weeks? Sign the pledge here to save your spot in the bootcamp: https://scriptca.mp/bootcamp
May 16 Week 1: The Business of Screenwriting
- homework: develop feature idea or show concept & story engine, read 1 or 2 “comp” scripts with similar structure or toneMay 23 Week 2: Breaking the Story
- turn in final loglines
- homework: complete story beatsMay 30 Week 3: One-Sheets
- TURN IN ASSIGNMENT: story beats [receive 10 ScriptCoins]
- homework: write one-sheet (500-800 words synopsis)Jun 6 Week 4: Dialogue & Scenework
- TURN IN ASSIGNMENT: one-sheet (500-800 words synopsis) [receive 10 ScriptCoins]
- homework, write scene cardsJun 13 Week 5: Writing for TV vs Film
-TURN IN ASSIGNMENT: scene cards [receive 10 ScriptCoins]
- write first 10-30 pagesJun 20 Week 6: Pacing
- write next 10-30 pagesJun 27 Week 7: Writing on the Page
- TURN IN ASSIGNMENT: first act [receive 10 ScriptCoins]
- write next 10-30 pages[Jul 4 NO CLASS]
Jul 11 Week 8: Final Lab & The Business of Screenwriting
- finish your script
- TURN IN ASSIGNMENT: first draft of your script by July 18 [receive 10 ScriptCoins]About the Instructor:
Conor Kyle has written for Shudder's Creepshow and placed twice in the Nicholl Fellowship with his scripts “Peter and the Wolves” (quarterfinals, also Launchpad top 10) and The Tube (semifinals). His screenplays have also been featured on the annual Hit List, Young & Hungry List, Spec Book, and on Tracking Board’s “Best Writers of the Year” booklet.7 attendees
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