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International audience; The paper is based on idea realized under Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership Key Action 2 and focused on educational activities for attracting technical education to young people. The project based on exchange of good practices involves seven partners from three countries (Poland, Estonia and France). Three of them represents sector of higher education and four are schools located in the neighbour of the technical university. Unfortunately, in recent years number of candidates entering to technical universities (particularly in Europe) decreases. Partners exchange ideas how to increase number of students who starts education in technical area. Another project goal is to examine possibilities how the university can contribute in increasing quality of technical education at schools. Main project ideas and results of project activities are reported in the paper.

When developing a screenplay, theme is often overlooked by the writer. Or, as my experience as a script editor, script consultant and screenwriting lecturer suggests, writers struggle to articulate their themes, which impacts how the story is told. In a professional context where others are involved in progressing the work (writer, producer, director, script editor, etc.), this can stall and complicate the development process which can lead to work that is technically good but emotionally lacking: strong in craft but lacking in meaning. I suggest that embracing theme is an important creative intervention in the development process, encouraging writers to feel the story they want to tell so as to provide an emotionally authentic base from which it can be advanced. This paper thus argues that embracing theme in the collaborative development process of a screenplay will create stories that 'matter'. Putting craft and technology aside, the focus here is on asking deep, meaningful story questions to give a screenplay substance that can be understood and exploited by those working to develop it. This paper will provide insights into what story development is, experiences of working with writers and students on developing screenplays, and an account of a recent screenplay project where theme was integral to its development, thus providing ideas and tools for writers to feel their screenplays in order to successfully navigate the development process. Refereed/Peer-reviewed