Making the trek to Nerdvana in San Diego, also known as Comic-Con? Or any of the other hundreds of cons around the world? We discuss, as a writer, how to make the most of your time at whatever con you’re attending.
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Session #43 – Protecting Your Rights
You wouldn’t write a brilliant screenplay or TV pilot and then just give it away, would you? We discuss protecting your rights as a writer in this session of Writers Group Therapy, and look at how to protect your work when you submit it to agents, managers, contests and fellowships.
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Session #42 – Building Your Team
Screenwriting isn’t the solitary endeavor people often think it is. It takes a team. In Session 42, we discuss who you need on your team, when to bring them on and where you might find them.
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Session #40 – Writing Query Letters
You’ve finished your masterpiece! Now what? Chances are, you’re going to need a query letter to submit your script anywhere. So what is a query letter and what do you put in it?
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Session #39 – Prototypes
There are no new ideas, it’s been said. So how do you come up with original stories? One way, study the prototypes for your story ideas.
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Session #38 – Do you need to be in Los Angeles?
“You have to go to LA,” is what “they” say if you want to get into the screenwriting business. But do you? We debate in session #38.
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Session 37 – Interview with Writer/Actor Sarah J Eagen
The multi-talented Sarah J Eagen, a writer/actor in Los Angeles, who also has a degree in neuroscience, is our guest in this session of Writers Group Therapy. Sarah scored an 8 on the Blacklist with one of her scripts and she is currently working with the showrunner of a new CW show.
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Session #35 – Accountability
How do you keep on track? Achieve your goals? Meet your deadlines? What motivates you? In this session of Writers Group Therapy we talk about Accountability.
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Session #34 – Annihilation – A Writers’ Discussion
It’s the end of the world! Complimenting last week’s session on adaptaions, in this week’s session we discuss the recent hit sci-fi film “Annihilation.” SPOILER ALERT – we discuss major plot points and the ending.
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Session #33 – Adaptation – From Book to Screen
In session #33, we discuss how adaptations get it right and wrong, examples of each and or our favorites, and whether it is better to read the book before or after watching an adaptation.
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