A Story is a Promise: Classes and Workshops Schedule, including the Screenwriting Expo

A Story
is a Promise

A third edition of A Story is a Promise and Deep Characterization is now available. This new edition explores how some writers struggle because they make a main character an extension of the author to act out personal issues. A short video about the new work is available; a longer video is included with the book.

A Story is a Promise & Deep Characterization is available using this PayPal link. The cost of $17.95 includes media mail shipping in the United States.

Overseas mailing, including mailing to Canada, $24.95.

Beginning Screenwriting

I'm teaching a beginning screenwriting class at PCC's Sylvania Campus. The class will be an introduction to telling a story intended to be film, script format, writing a query letter, and the business of writing. The class will be on the Sylvania campus in building SS, room, 101 11:00 AM-01:50 PM, Saturdays, 16-Jan-2010 thru 13-Feb-2010. The cost is $75.00. Click on this link to register.

Advanced Screenwriting
I'll be teaching an advanced class on Monday evenings from 25-Jan-2010 thru 22-Feb-2010, 7-9 pm. This class will go over issues like creating a dramatic truth for characters, understanding scene beats, when to start and end a scene, writing movie dialogue, hitting plot points. Students will be expected to understand formatting and have done work on a screenplay.

Cost, $59. Click on this link to register.

Email me at bjscript@teleport.com for questions about the two classes.

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