The six private sessions scheduled between class sessions are meant to be an integral part of the class. It's an opportunity for me to answer questions students have and to go over work in progress. Private sessions will be scheduled at mutually convenient times, and should be expected to last at least an hour. I use movies like Sleepless in Seattle, Body Heat, LA Story, The Usual Suspects, Rocky, Shawshank Redemption and Seven to discuss story issues. There are many fine books written about screenwriting.
Students also benefit from having a transcript of every class available for review.
The ultimate goal of this class is that every student become consciously aware of the craft of how to write a dramatic, engaging, fulfilling screenplay that is properly formatted and written in the visual language of films.