Erik Bork Teaches Screenwriting
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About Erik
Erik is a two time Emmy and Golden Globe winning writer/producer. Best known for his work on HBO’s Band of Brothers and From the Earth to the Moon. He’s mentored hundreds of writers around the world and has taught screenwriting at the MFA level and for UCLA Extension’s celebrated Writers’ Program.
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What has the most impact on a project’s chance of success? It’s not what you may think. Most scripts are fatally flawed because they lack a strong core idea. The Idea, Erik Bork’s best selling Amazon book, will teach you how to recognize and how to fix problems with your core story, before investing six months of your life (or more) on your writing project.
Services
“Starting out and trying to break in as a writer, I found one important element to finding my own success was having a mentor. Working with a coach gave me actionable, ongoing feedback and guidance. That’s what I’d like to offer you.”
Script Consulting
Erik offers a variety of script consulting services for writers; whether you are at the beginning of your idea or at the end of the process.
Writing Coach
Erik also offers limited screenwriting coaching for long term students in search of a mentorship.
FROM ERIK’S BLOG
Flying Wrestler
Barbie’s World Building
SPOILER ALERT: This post reveals some elements of the plot of Barbie. Greta Gerwig's Barbie movie has a lot of wonderful elements. I think most can...
Why “Flying Wrestler”?
The movie that first made me think of "screenwriting" as a future career pursuit was The World According to Garp, adapted by Steve Tesich from...
Cutting Script Pages
What do you do if your script comes in significantly longer than the guideline length for the medium you’re writing in? How do you approach the task of cutting pages?
Movie or Series?
Writers often come to me with projects that they think could be a movie or series (i.e. what used to be called television!). And they're not sure...
Six Things that Need Fixing
Save the Cat recommends giving your main character "Six Things that Need Fixing" in the first act. Then, by the end of the script, you show how...
Midpoint of a Script
Long before the Save the Cat "beat sheet" came along, screenplay structure theories going back to Syd Field talked about the importance of the...
The Second Act of a Screenplay
The second act of a screenplay is that long middle section where the story's main character actively struggles to resolve whatever the primary story...
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