TV webinar 10/9

TV webinar 10/9

I’m presenting a live webinar for The Writers Store, next Thursday October 9 at 1 PM Pacific, on “Creating the Winning Series Premise.” In this 90-minute Powerpoint/audio presentation, I will distill everything I’ve learned from my years of creating and (sometimes)...
Sellable Screenplay Concepts

Sellable Screenplay Concepts

My March 12 webinar on “Creating a Sellable Screenplay Concept” is now available from The Writers Store. In it, I analyzed the loglines of some spec scripts that sold in 2013 — and discussed the common elements. It’s a 90-minute...
10/23 Webinar

10/23 Webinar

I’d doing a webinar on “Finding the ‘Story’ in True Stories” for The Writers Store on Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 1 PM Pacific.  It’s a ninety-minute powerpoint/audio program where I discuss all the key lessons I’ve learned in...
Online classes

Online classes

I’ve created and taught a variety of webinars for The Writers Store which are available on their website for $79 each.  These 90-minute powerpoint/audio classes present the key lessons I’ve learned about subjects such as adapting true stories, creating...
Live Genre Webinar 8/7

Live Genre Webinar 8/7

On Wednesday August 7 at 1 PM PDT, I’ll be teaching my fifth webinar for The Writers Store — on one of my favorite topics: Blake Snyder’s Save the Cat “genres.”  Blake believed pretty much every great and successful movie falls into one...
The Two Types of TV Stories

The Two Types of TV Stories

Script Magazine has published my new article delineating the two types of stories on television — “procedural” and “personal” — which are easy for writers to get confused by. It’s being posted on their website in connection...
“Great Scenes” webinar

“Great Scenes” webinar

My January 9 webinar for The Writers Store on “What Makes a Great Scene” is now available online through their store, for $79. Similar to the webinars I offered on “True Stories” and “Creating Series Ideas and Writing Spec Pilots”,...
True Stories webinar available online

True Stories webinar available online

The webinar I taught for The Writers Store on “Finding the ‘Story’ in True Stories” is now available from their online store, for $79.  It’s a ninety-minute powerpoint/audio program where I discuss all the key lessons I’ve learned...
New Webinar online

New Webinar online

  My April 3 Writers Store webinar on “What Makes a Great TV Idea: Learn What Hollywood Looks for in an TV Idea and Pilot Script” is now available in their online store for $79.  This “archive” version is basically the same thing as being...