Blank Page with Terrance Odette
MONDAYS
Winter 2026
6:30pm - 8:30pm
$240 + hst
357 Wilson St E, Ancaster, Room 213 - Ancaster Memorial Arts Centre
Winter 2026 Session 6-Part session
Jan 26, Feb 2, 9, 23, Mar 2, 9 (no class on Family Day Feb 16)
Blank Page Challenge
Are you willing to accept the challenge of the blank page? If so, I invite you to join a
small band of writers on a six-part adventure to collectively create an original 30-page screenplay.
- Week one: Ground rules, premise, lead character, goal, obstacles, and additional
- characters.
- Week two: story beats, synopsis, themes
- Week three: scenes—to be divided up among the group, go home and write
- Week four: read through, take notes, go home, and rewrite.
- Week five: read through, take notes, go home, and polish
- Week six: read through, open discussion with Q&A
Facilitator: Terrance Odette
Since his first feature film, “HEATER” (Sundance, 00’), award-winning writer-
director Terrance Odette’s films have shed light on the social inequalities and forgottenvoices of postmodern Canada. Odette's feature work has played to critical acclaim(Variety, Village Voice, MacLean’s, Globe & Mail, Vancouver Sun [voted Top-Ten All-Time Canadian Films]) and garnered numerous awards and festival screenings
(Sundance, Berlinale, TIFF, VIFF, LIFF_BFI). 2014’s “FALL” with Michael Murphy
(Manhattan) and Cannes prize-winner Best Actress Suzanne Clement (Mommy)
received 5 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARD nominations, including Best Picture. Odette’s
latest efforts include the documentary feature UNIMAGINABLE (23’) and the narrative
6-part series and feature edit BIKE (24’). Scripts optioned: SKIN THE GHOST, LIGHT
OF THE VOID, BRETHREN (in development), and BEAUTIFUL FACE.