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Writers helping writers since 1986
Whether you are a filmmaker, a screenwriter, a television script writer or involved in screenwriting for non-traditional media, we help take your writing to the next level.
Our membership is as varied as our guest speaker list, which includes movie screenwriters and directors, television writers, video game writers, comic book writers, novelists, agents, managers, professors, career experts, accountants, and more.
- At least 22 free meetings per year
- Hollywood Outreach Program for screenwriting and Carl Sautter Memorial Television Outreach Program for TV scriptwriting
- Script Libraries
Speakers from 2008 to 2010
Click here for event information | Theme (Judd Taylor) | 02/19/2011 |
| T.J.’s Toolbox: The Building Blocks for an Award Winning Screenplay (T.J. Lynch) | 01/22/2011 |
| Creating a Graphic Novel Hollywood Will Buy (Martin Shapiro) | 11/20/2010 |
| Sci-fi Panel (more info pending) | 11/13/2010 |
| How to Write the Million Dollar Spec (Victoria Wisdom) | 10/16/2010 |
| Writing for the World of Horror (more info pending) | 10/09/2010 |
| Characters Who Write Themselves (Patrick A. Horton, PhD / The Story Coach) | 09/18/2010 |
| Writers Panel (Ben Acker, Ben Blacker, Gregory Poirier) | 09/11/2010 |
| Creating Series Ideas for Television (Erik Bork) | 08/21/2010 |
| Screenwriting From the Editor's Point-Of-View Academy Award Winner Alan Heim (All That Jazz, Network), Academy Award nominated Stephen Rivkin (editor of Avatar, Pirates Of The Caribbean, Ali), and Emmy Nominated and American Cinema Editors Winner Tina Hirsch (Gremlins, The West Wing) | 08/14/2010 |
| Pitching to the Very Honest Feedback Panel (Gary Shusett, Susan Johnston, Jim Jordan, Mark Kratter, Daniel Manus, Mark Travis) | 07/17/2010 |
| Script Analysis Training Class (Bill Lundy, Lynn Terashita) | 07/17/2010 |
| “WHAT’S HOT IN HOLLYWOOD NOW?” Sheri Bryant (Labou, How To Make Love To A Woman), Jeffrey Reddick (creator Final Destination franchise), and Carmella Cardina ([chaosfilms, inc]), and Sean Decker | 07/10/2010 |
| Breakfast with Sharks (Michael Lent) | 06/19/2010 |
| Nicholl Fellowship Winners Panel (Arthur M. Jolly, Kurt Kuenne, T.J. Lynch, Eric Nazarian, Joan Wai) | 06/12/2010 |
| Marc and Elaine Zicree (The Supermentors!) | 05/15/2010 |
| Disney Fellowship 20th Anniversary Panel (Aaron Woolfolk, Luisa Leschin, Marqui Jackson, Cindy McCreery, Dailyn Rodriguez, Erika Johnson, Nelson Soler, Shannon Jimenez, Jason Gavin, Frank Bennett Gonzalez) | 05/08/2010 |
| Improv for Writers (David & Jennifer Skelly) | 04/17/2010 |
| Development Executive Panel (Juile Richardson, Jeff Katz, Carmella Cardina, Mitchel Dumlao, David Guy Levy) | 04/10/2010 |
| How to Pitch & Protect Your Material (Steve Kaire) | 03/20/2010 |
| Minority Films - Universal Themes (Ligiah Villalobos, David Wyatt, Youssef Delara) | 03/13/2010 |
| Do You Have What It Takes To Make It In Hollywood? (Michele Wallerstein) | 02/20/2010 |
| Romantic Comedy Panel (Diane Drake, Simon Kinberg, Kayla Alpert, Harry Elfont) | 02/13/2010 |
| Pitching Yourself Powerfully (Shawn Tolleson) | 01/16/2010 |
| Jen Grisanti (Finding Your Voice) | 11/21/2009 |
| Writing for the World of Horror -- Stephen Susco (The Grudge, The Grudge 2), Jeffrey Reddick (Final Destination, Final Destination 2, Day of the Day), more to come... | 10/03/2009 |
| Shawn Tolleson (Create a Career Breakthrough By December 31st!) | 09/19/2009 |
| Postponed -- Literary Panel -- -- William Vu (Entertainment Lawyer), more to come... | |
| Breakdown Services (Influencing the Casting of Your Script) | 08/22/2009 |
| Postponed -- "New Writers" Panel -- Erika Johnson (Disney/ABC Writing Fellow, Ugly Betty), Alex Ballar (Training Tim), Bob DeRosa (Five Killers), Siri Baruc (Training Tim), Dan Ewen (Opposites Attract) | |
| Screenwriter/Producer Devon Shepard (Weeds, Everybody Hates Chris, MADtv) | 07/25/2009 |
| Pilar Alessandra (Dynamic Dialogue) | 07/18/2009 |
| Breaking the Story for T.V. Writers | 06/20/2009 |
| Reel Life Action Heroes (at the Great American PitchFest) -- Shane Black (Lethal Weapon), Pete Briggs (Hellboy), Joe Forte (Firewall) & Simon Kinberg (Mr & Mrs Smith) | 06/13/2009 |
| Bill Boyle (Respecting the Antagonist) | 05/16/2009 |
| Screenwriters Michael Brandt & Derek Haas (2 Fast 2 Furious, 3:10 to Yuma, Wanted) | 05/09/2009 |
| Michele Wallerstein (How to Get Your Screenplay out of the House & into the Film World) | 04/18/2009 |
| Emmy-winning Screenwriter Erik Bork (Band of Brothers, From the Earth to the Moon) | 04/11/2009 |
| Rona Edwards and Monika Skerbelis (Creating A Production Company) | 03/21/2009 |
| Development Executive/Producer Panel -- Sebastian Twardosz (Producer), Edward C. Wang (Development Executive), Mark Parrish (Producer/Actor), Sheri Bryant (Producer) | 03/14/2009 |
| John Hruby (Trading Your Addictions for Creativity) | 02/21/2009 |
| Oscar-winning Screenwriter Tom Schulman (Dead Poets Society) | 02/14/2009 |
| James Jordan (Avoiding the "Page 10" Rejection) | 01/17/2009 |
| Oscar-winning Screenwriter Marc Norman (Shakespeare in Love) | 01/10/2009 |
| Screenwriter David Hayter (Watchmen, X-Men, X2: X-Men United) | 12/13/2008 |
| Suzanne Lyons (Producing Your Low Budget Film) | 11/22/2008 |
| Ellen Sandler (Turning a Screenplay into a Television Pilot) | 10/18/2008 |
| Comedy Writer Panel | 10/11/2008 |
| Marc and Elaine Zicree (The Supermentors!) | 09/20/2008 |
| Jim Vines (Q & A: The Working Screenwriter) | 08/16/2008 |
| Video Game Writing Panel | 08/09/2008 |
| Catherine Ann Jones ("The Way of Story") | 07/19/2008 |
| Patrick A. Horton, Ph.D. ("The Art Of The Business & The Business Of The Art") | 06/21/2008 |
| One-Hour TV Panel (Ugly Betty, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Flash Gordon, Star Trek: Voyager, Dirt, Big Love, The 4400) | 06/14/2008 |
| Dara Marks ("Writing from the Inside Out") | 05/17/2008 |
| Nicholl Fellowships Winners (Annmarie E. Morais, T. J. Lynch, Pamela Kay, Pat Gilfillan, Cameron Young, Arthur M. Jolly) | 05/10/2008 |
| Bill Boyle ("The Visual Mindscape of the Screenplay") | 04/19/2008 |
| Mark Fergus (Iron Man) | 04/12/2008 |
| Michele Wallerstein ("How to be an Agent's Dream Client") | 03/15/2008 |
| Jeff Nathanson (Screenwriter of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) | 03/08/2008 |
| Jim Vines ("Q & A: The Working Screenwriter") | 01/19/2008 |