Writing and Promoting the Screenplay

Writing and Promoting the Screenplay is a two-day seminar in which the craft of screenwriting and screenplay promotion is taught and discussed. Days and time will be Saturday and Sunday from 9:00am to 5:00pm.

Seminars will be held in each states more populated areas, two per state when applicable. Seminars will begin in early 2005. The first seminars will be held in Stamford and Hartford, CT. For more information, please call: 203.345.6167.

Hosting is Garret C. Maynard (MA USC, WGAe Signatory, Screenwriting Instructor: Wesleyan, Sacred Heart & Yale Universities)

Day 1

1. 9:00am Introductions
2. 9:30am Origins of Story Telling
3.12:00am Lunch
4.1:00pm The Screenplay Formula
5. 2:30pm Screen: Graffiti
6. 3:30pm Format
7. 5:00pm Questions

Day 2

1. 9:00am Analysis of a Screenplay
2.12:00pm Lunch
3.1:00pm Review Query Letters
4. 3:00pm Shoot DPK
5. 5:00pm Questions

What You Will Learn From Attending the Seminar

• The history of story telling as it applies to screenwriting
• The psychology of human behavior as it applies to screenwriting
• Screenplay format as it applies to feature length motion pictures
• Story criticism as it applies to feature length motion pictures
• Screenplay analysis as it applies to a feature length screenplay
• Screenplay promotion
• Script analysis

Skills That You Will Acquire From the Seminar

• A skill that will make you a better story teller
• A skill that will make you a better screenwriter.
• A skill that will allow you to write better query letters
• A skill that will allow you to promote your screenplay
• A skill that will allow you to be better critic

What You Will be Given

• 120 page manual
• Unproduced screenplay
• WGAe representation
• Digital Press Kit (DPK)
• Lot's of Love and Attention : )

Cost is: $450