The Secrets to Writing a Best-Seller
October 23, 2008
Falmouth, MA
Sea Crest Oceanfront Resort
www.seacrest-resort.com
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Executive Summary
There are fundamental principles and little-known
secrets in all best-selling writing. Spend 8 hours with master teacher,
Prof. Richard Krevolin and learn the secrets behind writing dynamic
dialogue and creating surprising plots and characters that come to life.
Like all SEAK training, Secrets to Writing a Best-Seller is lively and
interactive. Attendees will have the opportunity to get all their
questions answered. There will be video examples and networking
opportunities. NOTE: There will not be time for people to share their
pages or read excerpts of their work aloud.
Faculty
Richard Krevolin
is an author, playwright,
screenwriter, and professor. A graduate of Yale University, Richard went
on to earn a masters degree in screenwriting at UCLA's School of
Cinema-Television, and a master's degree in playwriting and fiction from
USC. For 15 years Richard has taught both undergraduate and graduate
screenwriting classes at USC Cinema/TV School as well as UCLA Film
School, Ithaca and Pepperdine. Under his guidance, his students have
sold film scripts and TV shows to Universal, Paramount, Dreamworks SKG
and numerous other studios and production companies. He is the author of
the books, Screenwriting From The Soul (St. Martins Press), Pilot Your
Life (Prentice-Hall), and How To Adapt Anything Into A Screenplay (Wiley
& Sons). Richard has several screenplays under option and in
development. Furthermore, his newest script, "How to Shag a Woman
Properly" will be released in 2006. He is also the author of four young
adult novels that will be published in the next year. He was one of the
writers of the documentary, Fiddler on the Roof: 30 Years of Tradition.
He was a finalist in the $500,000 Kingman Screenwriting Award, the
Chesterfield Contest, the Klasky-Csupo Writing for Children Contest, the
Nicholl Fellowship Screenwriting Award, the USC One-Act Play Festival,
the HBO New Writers Project, and the Eugene O'Neill National
Playwrights' Conference. His one-man show, Yahrzeit, was a huge hit at
the Santa Monica Playhouse, running for five sold-out months. Under a
new name, Boychik, it opened Off-Broadway at Theater Four in New York
City and is now touring the country. He received a Valley Theatre League
nomination for best director and best play for his one-man musical
RebbeSoul-O. His play, King Levine opened at the Odyssey Theater under
the direction of Joseph Bologna and after receiving rave reviews,
transferred to The Tiffany. It was also nominated for an Ovation Award
as Best Adaptation. In the past few years, Richard had two one-person
plays open in L.A., The Lemony Fresh Scent of Diva Monsoon Man (starring
Ruth DeSosa) at the Rose Alley and Seltzer Man (starring David Proval of
The Sopranos) at the Tiffany. His newest one man play, MEYER LANSKY, has
been translated into Hebrew and ran in Tel Aviv at the Cameri Theater in
2005. His plays have been performed with Ed Asner, Allen Arbus, Jean
Smart, Mackenzie Phillips and Richard Kline. Krevolin has been a
panelist and keynote speaker at a variety of popular writers'
conferences, including the Maui Writer's Conference, The Santa Fe
Screenwriters Conference, the Hollywood Film Festival, The Surrey
Writer's Conference, and The Learning Annex.
Tuition
The $495.00 tuition includes a continental breakfast,
breaks, lunch with faculty, a detailed manual which can be retained
as a bookshelf reference, and a dynamic learning experience.
Click here for registration information.
Schedule
- Thursday, October 23, 2008
Thursday, October 23, 2008
7:30-8:30Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:30The Basic
Principles of Storytelling!
The history of storytelling and
how, we, as human beings, are hard-wired to remember stories. And
then, how, you, as a writer, can tap into this.
9:30-11:30Creative
Writing 101: A Master's Degree Course in Creative Writing in
120 Minutes or Less!
Getting Started, The Classic
Aristotelian three act story structure, The Seven Essentials
Elements of Storytelling, Subplots -- The "A", "B" and "C" story
line, inciting incidents and causal relationships in drama, the
importance of themes, tone and symbolism, creating original
story-lines and scenes, writer's block - how to overcome it.
11:30-12:00Using Myths to
Deepen and Enrich Your Story
How you can tap
into mythical elements to help write stories that sell.
12:00-1:00LUNCH PROVIDED
WITH FACULTY
1:00-2:00You Don't Say or
The Essence of Good Dialogue!
The
basics of good dialogue will be illustrated with video excerpts from
Hollywood films.
2:00-3:00Put on Your 3-D
Glasses and Create 3-D Characters
The
basics of character creation, development and arc.
3:00-4:00The Art of
Revision
The key to
writing that sells is the author's ability to revise and rewrite.
Proven techniques to make your writing come to life.
4:00-5:00The Creative
Writer's Survival Guide!
Questions and
answers about agents, publishers, and even book tours. Inspiring
stories and tips on how to survive as a writer in a world that does
not foster artistic creativity. Guerrilla tactics on how to make a
living as a writer, lessons on perseverance, patience and
persistence and how to sell what you write.