Standard Pricing - $325.00
Early Bird Pricing - $275.00
Every great film starts with a story—but adapting a story for the screen requires more than simply transferring words from page to screenplay.
In this two-day professional development workshop, bestselling author, screenwriter, and producer LaJill Hunt shares the creative and practical process of transforming books, manuscripts, memoirs, and original concepts into compelling visual narratives. Drawing from her experience adapting literary properties for television and writing for major networks and streaming platforms, LaJill will guide participants through the key elements of successful screen adaptation.
Through interactive discussions, hands-on exercises, and real-world industry examples, participants will learn how to identify the cinematic heart of a story, adapt characters and plotlines for the screen, and develop projects with both creative impact and production realities in mind.
Whether you’re an author looking to adapt your own work, a screenwriter seeking source material, or a creative interested in the adaptation process, this workshop offers practical tools for bringing stories from page to screen.
What You’ll Learn
Who Should Attend
LaJill Hunt is a bestselling author and screenwriter whose debut novel, Drama Queen, became
an Essence Bestseller in 2003. Since then, she’s authored over thirty novels and co-authored two
hit book series: The Family Business and The Black Hamptons, now adapted into BET television
series, where she currently serves as a staff writer.
She has penned several BET+ feature films including Infidelity, The Final Say, For What It’s
Worth, and the biopic Fighting to Be Me: The Dwen Curry Story, based on Trap Queens. LaJill
also created Relationship Status, a web series produced by motivational speaker and author Tony Gaskins and previously wrote for Kountry Wayne’s viral sketch series.
In 2023, she entered the vertical microdrama space, writing for Crazy Maple Studios and later
launching Love, Lust and Loyalty, a gripping series she wrote and produced under her production company, LuLaMar Entertainment, which she co-founded with author, screenwriter, and director Kimberly Latrice Jones. She is also the creator and writer of the fictional podcast Soulless, further cementing her mission to tell bold, emotionally grounded Black stories across all platforms.
The Trilith Institute 365 Fund supports all aspects of the 501(c)(3) organization.
$250 pays for a single episode of the Trilith Institute Talks podcast.
$500 feeds cast and crew for one Creative Excellence Fellowship Grant film
$650 provides a one-week scholarship to the Script to Screen Summer Camp
$1000 covers a Dinner With… events where students talk with industry experts over dinner
No amount is too big or small.
