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 #36 – When Shorts Become Features
Can making a short film help you get your feature film get made? We discuss some case studies of films that have done just that in this week’s session.
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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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Session #32 – Ready Player One
SPOILER ALERT! – In this week’s session, we take a writer’s perspective on the new Spielberg film “Ready Player One” and discuss the nostalgia-heavy story and how it differs from the source material.
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Session #31 – Interview with YA novelist Rebekah Walsh
In this week’s session, we interview young-adult novelist Rebekah Walsh about her writing projects, including a ground-breaking novel-in-progress “Crossplay” about a trans-gender teen on a journey of self discovery through cosplay.
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Session #30 – Serialized vs. Procedural
Is your script serialized or procedural? What? It’s a sitcom! Since when are sitcom’s categorized as either of those? We debate how you categorize your work, whatever genre, in this week’s session of Writers Group Therapy.
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