PRIZES & AWARDS
PRIZES & AWARDS
PRIZES & AWARDS
Richard has won several awards and fellowships for his produced works, including:
The New South Wales Literary Fellowship,
Australia Council Writer's Fellowship, and Best Screenplay at the Montreal Film Festival
PRODUCED WORKS
PRIZES & AWARDS
PRIZES & AWARDS
Richard's works for the theatre include The Heartbreak Kid, Words of One Syllable and Favourite Names for Boys.
The play Heartbreak Kid was adapted by Richard and Director Michael Jenkins into a feature film which led to the spinoff TV Series, Heartbreak High. The Series sold to over 70 countries world-wide and was rebooted on Netflix in 2
Richard's works for the theatre include The Heartbreak Kid, Words of One Syllable and Favourite Names for Boys.
The play Heartbreak Kid was adapted by Richard and Director Michael Jenkins into a feature film which led to the spinoff TV Series, Heartbreak High. The Series sold to over 70 countries world-wide and was rebooted on Netflix in 2022. The Second Season of the reboot will drop in April 2024.
COURSES AND CLASSES
WRITING COURSES
LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
Story Forensics presently offers a Six-Week Course in Dramatic Writing. The course combines instruction in all aspects of dramatic writing, including structure, genre expectations, character-building, tension, point-of-view, and dialogue with a hands-on workshop experience.
Up to eight writers, chosen on the basis of a writing sample fr
Story Forensics presently offers a Six-Week Course in Dramatic Writing. The course combines instruction in all aspects of dramatic writing, including structure, genre expectations, character-building, tension, point-of-view, and dialogue with a hands-on workshop experience.
Up to eight writers, chosen on the basis of a writing sample from their current project included with their application, participate in each group. Writers are encouraged to offer feedback on each other's work under Richard's professional guidance and to experience the dramatic principles examined in class applied to their own project.
LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
Story Forensics will soon offer weekend intensive workshops and lectures on specific focus areas. Check this website for details of the latest events.
TESTIMONIALS
Belinda Gosbee, Actor, Writer and Producer of "Amend"
Richard creates a nurturing space where you can explore ideas while being supported by his rich understanding of both film and TV structure. I gained so much clarity as well as a new-found confidence that led to the film I currently have on the festival circuit. Working with Richard really changed the course of my screenwriting and he remains a mentor in my life.
Ben Lawson, Writer and Actor "Bombshell," "No Strings Attached"
Richard's understanding of structure, character and everything else it takes to put a story onto the page reveal the daunting task of writing a screenplay to be intuitive and fun! I still hear many of Richard's insights everytime I sit down to write - the sign of a great teacher. For writers at any level, if you can get a seat in Richard's writing group I recommend taking it without hesitation.
Jonny Pasvolsky, Actor and Creator, IZOG Productions
Richard's program inspired me to ask the right questions of myself as a writer. He worked into the rigours of screenwriting through passion and a deft command of the craft. His writer's program set me up for the hunt to uncover the best way to tell my story.
Josh Saks, Actor, Screenwriter and Playwright
Richard Barrett, I think it's fair to say, is the most important instructor I've had in the art of screenwriting and writing in general. His program gave me the guiding principles in structure and storytelling that I use to this day. Not long after completing Richard's course, I wrote a play which was chosen to be workshopped by the Australian Theatre Company in Los Angeles.
Richard articulated the symmetry present in the construction of quality scripts, emphasizing, among other things, the importance of the midpoint and inciting incident. He helped break down each scene into its beginning, middle and end, giving my screenwriting a greater depth and cohesiveness from the most micro level, zooming out to the macro.