The 4-Week Re-Write Workshop · Individual 1:1 coaching

A 4-week rewriting workshop to strengthen your first draft.

You’ve written the first draft. Now give it a clearer structure, stronger characters and more purposeful scenes through four weeks of individual 1:1 rewriting, feedback and your personal rewrite deck. For screenplays, stage plays and short stories of up to 60 pages.

Rewrite my draft → €1,999 · 4-week guided rewrite process
3, 10, 17 & 24 November 202618:00–20:00 · Live on Zoom · Vienna time
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“Lisa motivates you and always reminds you that your story is worth telling. She is an excellent mentor and a wonderful soul.”

Giuseppe Messina · Client

FROM A GENERIC GOOD TO A SPECIFIC EXcellent script

What we’ll work on in your first draft

You already did the hard thing: you got the whole story onto the page. The next stage is different. Rewriting asks you to see what the draft is actually doing — not what you hoped it was doing.

Once it’s your complete draft, the questions get painfully specific. What stays? What changes? Where does the pressure disappear? Which character needs more contradiction? When is dialogue acting — and when is it just explaining?

“Does the plot actually turn where it needs to?”
“Why does one character feel alive and the other feel functional?”
“Is the change visible — or am I just explaining it?”
“What can I cut without breaking the story?”
“How do I know this version is actually better?”
Lisa Camilla La Colla beside a laptop and Storytelling With Love writing materials.

Meet your rewrite coach

Hi, I’m Lisa — and rewriting is where I stop asking “is it good?” and start asking “what is this scene doing?”

I’m a Creative Writing Coach, writer and actress, trained in screenwriting, playwriting and storytelling across UCLA, La Sorbonne, CUNY and a Master’s in Cinema & Television.

I know what it feels like to love a draft and still know it is not there yet. That is why this workshop is not about vague encouragement, cosmetic polishing, or changing lines because somebody said so.

We use four weeks to get specific. We look at what each beat, relationship and line is doing dramatically. We test choices against the story you are actually writing, then you go back to the page and make the rewrite yours.

Plot Characters Dialogue Cut & Refine
AI can give you more versions. A coach helps you understand why one version works for your story.

Your rewrite, week by week

Your four-week rewriting roadmap

Every week isolates one layer of the same draft. We don’t jump around and ‘fix’ things at random: we move from the spine of the story to the people inside it, then cut and refine before hearing the whole thing out loud.

Week 1 · Plot

3 November 2026 · 18:00–20:00 · Zoom · Vienna time

The Core & The Structural X-Ray

We dissect your plot, identify structural pacing issues, and map out the exact rewriting strategy. We find your script's true center.

Week 2 · Characters & Dialogue

10 November 2026 · 18:00–20:00 · Zoom · Vienna time

Character Mechanics & Dialogue Polish

We look at character mechanics, motivations and relationships, then move into dialogue: what each person wants, where the emotional pressure lives, and when a line is acting instead of explaining.

Week 3 · Review, Cut & Refine

17 November 2026 · 18:00–20:00 · Zoom · Vienna time

The Pacing & The Flow

This is our flexible session: we review the new edits, see what the rewrite has changed, identify the parts that are still weaker, cut what is superfluous and tighten the flow.

Week 4 · Final Feedback + Table Read

24 November 2026 · 18:00–20:00 · Zoom · Vienna time

Production Ready & Next Steps

We finalize formatting check, tone consistency, and preparation for your next big step. We have a table read of your entire script. .

Your personal rewrite deck

Everything That’s Included in Your Re-Write Workshop

Rewrite deck overview of the four-week workshop, from plot and characters to revision and final feedback.
Rewrite deck slide listing common first-draft problems.
Rewrite deck worksheet comparing dialogue as action with dialogue that explains.

The presentation we use in the sessions isn’t a generic workbook. I build it around your draft — your characters, your scenes, your relationships, your lines. It becomes the place where we diagnose the rewrite, test choices and turn feedback into something you can actually do on the page.

Your story inside the deck

We work with concrete examples from your own pages — not hypothetical exercises or someone else’s script.

V1 → V2 rewrite tracking

We compare versions and make the progress visible: relationships, dialogue, character work and the story choices that changed.

Character + relationship deep-dives

Contradictions, wants, needs, fears, habits, emotional pressure and arc of change — including what a character still has to discover about themselves.

Scene diagnostics

We ask what the scene is actually doing, where the conflict lives, and whether a character is alive on the page or only functional to the plot.

Dialogue maps + on-the-nose rewrites

We separate dialogue that acts from dialogue that explains, identify subtext and tactics, and rework lines step by step.

Live, fillable exercises

Questions, editable fields and targeted prompts make the session active rewrite work — not passive feedback you have to decode later.

You don’t leave with ‘notes.’ You leave knowing what the next rewrite move is — and why.

How the rewrite works

Three stages between “I finished a draft” and “I know why this version works better.”

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Arrive with a complete first draft

Join the workshop with a completed play, screenplay or short story of up to 60 pages. This is our working document for the full four weeks.

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Rewrite week by week

Each session isolates a layer of the draft. We work on the page, use targeted questions and exercises, and you take the decisions back into your rewrite between sessions.

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Review the new version as a whole

In the final week we do a full feedback pass, hear the work in a table read, and identify what the story still needs before your next step.

This is for you if…

This is not “one day I want to write it.” This is “I wrote it. Now help me make it better.”

✓You already have a complete first draft.
✓Your project is a play, screenplay or short story of up to 60 pages.
✓You want a rewrite process built around your actual story, not a generic template.
✓You are willing to question scenes, characters and lines you are attached to.
✓You are ready to rewrite between sessions — not just talk about rewriting.
Yes. I have the draft →
Re-Write Workshop illustration: a woman writing in a notebook beside a pink cup.

What you get

Not four nice conversations. A real rewrite process.

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4 weeks of guided rewriting

Four focused workshop sessions built around the same completed draft.

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Project-specific work

We compare versions, trace what changed, and work directly on the dramatic choices inside your pages.

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Rewrite exercises + tools

Character deep-dives, arc questions, dialogue maps and targeted rewrite prompts that turn analysis into page work.

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Final feedback + table read

A final pass on the whole story, followed by a full table read and clear next steps for the draft.

“Working with Lisa was such a fruitful and refreshing experience. She’s positive, honest, punctual, and absolutely fun to work with.”
Giuseppe Messina

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Workshop dates and payment options

One complete draft. Four weeks. A rewrite built around your actual story.

3, 10, 17 & 24 November 202618:00–20:00 · Live on Zoom · Vienna time

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The 4-Week Re-Write Workshop

€1,999

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4-session guided rewrite process
Plot → Characters & Dialogue → Review, Cut & Refine
Final Feedback + full Table Read
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4-session guided rewrite process
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Final Feedback + full Table Read
For plays, screenplays or short stories up to 60 pages
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Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need a finished first draft?

Yes. This workshop begins after the first draft is complete. You need a finished play, screenplay or short story of up to 60 pages. If you are still drafting, this is not the right stage for this workshop yet. If you are unsure, email lisa@storytellingwithlove.com and we can figure out the right next step.

What formats can I bring?

A play, screenplay or short story, as long as you have a complete first draft and the project is no longer than 60 pages.

What happens between sessions?

You rewrite. At the beginning of the next session, we look at what changed, how the work happened, and what the new version revealed. If you need help planning the work between sessions, email lisa@storytellingwithlove.com or reply to your workshop email.

Will you rewrite the pages for me?

No. This is guided rewriting, not ghostwriting. I will help you see the dramatic problem, ask sharper questions, test alternatives and understand what each choice is doing. You remain the writer — and the rewrite remains yours.

What happens in the final session?

We do a final feedback pass, look at the story as a whole, and finish with a full table read before defining the next steps for the project.

I have another question before I join.

Send it to lisa@storytellingwithlove.com. You’ll receive a reply within 24 hours, Monday to Friday.

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Your first draft proved the story exists

Now make the rewrite
earn it.

Bring the complete draft. We’ll spend four weeks questioning it, strengthening it, cutting what does not serve it, and listening for the version that is trying to emerge.

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