Executive Summary
There are fundamental structural principles and little-known secrets that can be found in all great writing. Spend 8 hours with master teacher, Prof. Richard Krevolin and learn the secrets behind writing that grabs the attention of readers, agents and editors. Learn how to create real page turners with dynamic dialogue, surprising plots and compelling characters. Like all SEAK training, this workshop will be lively and interactive. Attendees will have the opportunity to get all their questions answered. There will be video examples and networking opportunities. Pre-Class Homework: Attendees are invited to submit a PDF file of their first chapter to be analyzed in class. Please understand that all submissions are not guaranteed to be critiqued during the seminar and all feedback is designed to be instructive and constructive.
Faculty
Richard Krevolin
is an author, playwright, screenwriter, and teacher. 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. From 1990 - 2002, Richard taught both undergraduate and graduate screenwriting classes at the USC School of Cinema/TV 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 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 and Sons). Richard also has several Young Adult novels that have been published and screenplays under option and in development in Hollywood.
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.
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Schedule
- Thursday, October 22, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
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 Essential 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
11:30-12:00You Don't Say or The Essence of Good Dialogue!
The basics of good dialogue. This will be illustrated with video excerpts from Hollywood films as well as attendee's pages.
12:00-1:00LUNCH PROVIDED WITH FACULTY
1:00-2:00Put on Your 3-D Glasses and Create 3-D Characters!
The basics of character creation, development and arc as learned by looking at great and not-so great pages of writing.
2:00-4:30The Art of Revision - A Hands-on Approach
All first drafts have problems. The key to writing that sells is the author's ability to revise and rewrite. We will go over proven techniques to make your writing come to life by looking directly at attendees pages for the last two hours of the class.
4:30-5:00The Creative Writers 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.