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The following are the sessions currently scheduled for this year's Screenwriting Expo. We add seminars up to the last minute, so please return to this page often. These sessions are subject to change without notice.

Teaching Seminar Times Are Not Absolutely Guaranteed.

We apologize for any inconvenience or disappointment, but scheduling of a teaching seminar you want to attend could be revised by a speaker request until the week of the Expo. You may trade in or receive refunds for seminar tickets which you purchase but cannot use. Seating is limited in some rooms. Gold Pass registrants get priority seating.

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

View Cart Thursday  Oct 15, 2009
12:30 PM-
02:30 PM

Thursday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9122: Pitch Boot Camp 1 Run By The Scriptwriters Network – Practice Before You Pitch by Pitch Boot Camp 1-- Scriptwriters Network BUY
03:00 PM-
05:00 PM

Thursday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9130: Pitch Boot Camp 2 Run By The Scriptwriters Network – Practice Before You Pitch by Pitch Boot Camp 2-- Scriptwriters Network BUY
04:00 PM-
08:00 PM

Thursday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9153: Screenwriting Expo Registration, Ticket Sales, And Information by Screenwriting Expo Registration BUY
07:00 PM-
08:00 PM

Thursday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9131: Expo Screenplay Competition Awards Ceremony by Expo Screenplay Competition Awards BUY
08:00 PM-
10:00 PM

Thursday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9080: Expo Screenlay Competition Awards And Welcoming Reception by Welcoming Reception Hosted By Pasha McKenley BUY
View Cart Friday  Oct 16, 2009
07:00 AM-
08:00 PM

Friday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9154: Screenwriting Expo Registration, Ticket Sales, And Information by Screenwriting Expo Registration BUY
09:00 AM-
10:30 AM

Friday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9070: Comedy Writing--Making It Funny From the Ground Up by Evan Smith BUY
9098: Slaying The Dragon--The Hero And The Second Act by Lynda Heys BUY
9094: Hollywood: Meet The New Christian Film Movement by George Escobar BUY
9016: Loglines/Treatments/Pitches by James Dalessandro BUY
9118: Addressing Others' Input on Your Work to Move Your Career Forward by Erik Bork BUY
10:00 AM-
10:00 PM

Friday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9170: Exhibit Hall Friday Hours by Exhibit Hall Hours BUY
11:00 AM-
12:30 PM

Friday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9147: Heroes, Villains, and Dramatica Archetypes by Chris Huntley -- Dramatica Classes BUY
9089: Panel: Screenplay Contests--Path to Recognition and Production by Christopher Canole, Panelist and Moderator BUY
9161: Guest of Honor Session: Anthony Zuiker, Creator of The CSI Franchise by Anthony Zuiker BUY
9032: Sell your Story in 60 Seconds by Michael Hauge BUY
9037: Pitching To Sell--Engaging The Listener Emotionally by Karl Iglesias BUY
9001: SESSION CANCELED:Writing Exercises for The Fit Screenwriter by Hal Ackerman BUY
9002: Beyond the Chick Flick--Writing The Female Driven Screenplay by Pilar Alessandra BUY
9008: A Structure Checklist--How to Plug the Holes in Your Script by Michael Ray Brown BUY
9009: The Suspense is Killing Me. Writing Horror Action Sequences by Sara Caldwell BUY
9102: How To Break In From Out Of State by Cathy McCarthy BUY
9095: Christian Screenwriting - Knowing What To Do by George Escobar BUY
9119: Finding and Writing the 'Story' in True Stories by Erik Bork BUY
01:00 PM-
05:00 PM

Friday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9125: The Golden Pitch Screenplay Pitch Fest Friday Afternoon Session by The Golden Pitch Fest BUY
02:00 PM-
03:30 PM

Friday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9167: Write On! Breaking Through Writers Block by Debra Eckerling BUY
9090: Panel: What The Major Screenplay Contests Do For You by Christopher Canole, Moderator BUY
9114: WGA-W Panel: Diversity In Television Writing by Anna Tkach, Moderator BUY
9173: Great Writers Panel: Five Women Who Happen To Be Screenwriters by Aline Brosh McKenna, Deborah Kaplan, Abby Kohn, Shauna Cross, Susannah Grant BUY
9038: Writing for Emotional Impact--Maximizing the Reader's Emotional Response by Karl Iglesias BUY
9047: Inside Story Part 1--Developing the Transformational Arc of Character by Dara Marks BUY
9003: Surviving Rewrite Hell by Pilar Alessandra BUY
9034: Crafting the Outline for Your Feature Film by Brian Herskowitz BUY
9104: The Craft of Animation Writing by Robert N. Skir BUY
9087: Writing Page One To Excite The Reader by Glenn Benest BUY
9138: Agents And Managers Panel by Agents And Managers Panel Discussion BUY
9120: Creating and Pitching Series Ideas for Television by Erik Bork BUY
04:00 PM-
05:30 PM

Friday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9165: Panel: Discussion with Feature Film Producers by Gary Shusett BUY
9141: Guest of Honor Session: Interview with Karey Kirkpatrick by Kary Kirkpatrick BUY
9014: Using Improv Techniques for Comedy Writing by Wendy Cutler and Devorah Cutler-Rubenstein BUY
9136: Selling Your Lies as Truth: Developing and Pitching One-Hour Dramas to Hollywood by James Manos Jr BUY
9086: Ridiculously Great Animated Storytelling Techniques by Ellen Besen and Aubrey Mintz BUY
9039: Testing Your Concept at the Emotional Level by Karl Iglesias BUY
9048: Inside Story Part 2--Building the Transformational Arc of Character by Dara Marks BUY
9004: You Had Me at Page One by Pilar Alessandra BUY
9097: Career Guidance From Former TV Exec Jen Grisanti by Jen Grisanti BUY
9088: The Visual Mindscape of the Screenplay by Bill Boyle BUY
9091: In TV, the Writer Rules by Sarit Catz BUY
06:00 PM-
07:30 PM

Friday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9168: Guest of Honor Session: David Shore by David Shore BUY
9164: Guest of Honor Session: Deborah Spera, President of Mark Gordon Television by Deborah Spera BUY
9010: How to Know When You Are Done-the 8 Steps You Must Take To Finish Your Rewrite by Paul Chitlik BUY
9035: How To Re-Examine Your Main Character by Marilyn Horowitz BUY
9015: Killer Loglines--30 Seconds to Cha-Ching by Ellen Sandler and Devorah Cutler-Rubenstein BUY
9040: Crafting Fascinating Scenes for Emotional Impact by Karl Iglesias BUY
9026: Seducing the Studio Reader by Robert Flaxman BUY
9157: Dynamic Dialogue by Pilar Alessandra BUY
9051: From Premise to Plot by Bill Marsilii BUY
9113: How To Get Your Script Read by Victoria Wisdom BUY
08:00 PM-
10:00 PM

Friday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9081: Creative Screenwriting Hosts A Screenwriter Networking Reception by Friday Networking Reception BUY
View Cart Saturday  Oct 17, 2009
07:00 AM-
08:00 PM

Saturday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9155: Screenwriting Expo Registration, Ticket Sales, And Information by Screenwriting Expo Registration BUY
09:00 AM-
10:30 AM

Saturday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9163: The Four Magic Questions Of Screenwriting by Marilyn Horowitz BUY
9158: Using Technology To Attract The Film Industry by Chadwick Clough BUY
9007: Respecting the Antagonist by Bill Boyle BUY
9084: 10 Fatal Errors Beginning Writers Make by William Akers BUY
9049: Writing The Marketable Romantic Comedy by Billy Mernit BUY
9115: The Secret Weapon of Great Comedy And Thriller Scripts by Howard Allen BUY
9011: Common Plot Problems--How to Recognize and Overcome Them by Linda Cowgill BUY
9108: Blockbuster Story Techniques 11-20 by John Truby BUY
9065: Making Your Script Cinematic by Linda Seger BUY
9055: Directing--Preparing the Dramatic Workbook by Jim Pasternak BUY
9096: Breaking in ... even when you're miles from L.A. by Mark Golik BUY
09:00 AM-
11:59 AM

Saturday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9126: The Golden Pitch Screenplay Pitch Fest Saturday Morning Session by The Golden Pitch Fest BUY
10:00 AM-
07:00 PM

Saturday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9174: Exhibit Hall Saturday Hours by Exhibit Hall Hours FREE
9171: Exhibit Hall Saturday Hours by Exhibit Hall Hours BUY
11:00 AM-
12:30 PM

Saturday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9148: Character Arc: Facts and Fiction by Chris Huntley -- Dramatica Classes BUY
9166: Agents and Managers Panel by Gary Shusett BUY
9169: Guest of Honor Session: Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci BUY
9146: The Top Ten Things Readers Hate by Julie Gray BUY
9083: CS Open Scene-Writing Contest Semifinals (open to semifinalists only) by CS Open Scene-Writing Competition Semifinals BUY
9085: Just Because You Got Financing, That Doesn't Mean You're Ready To Shoot by William Akers BUY
9041: Crafting Vivid Description for Emotional Impact by Karl Iglesias BUY
9050: Writing Funny Love--Comedy Craft for the Contemporary Romantic Comedy by Billy Mernit BUY
9046: Selling Your Idea To Hollywood With Pitch King Robert Kosberg by Bob Kosberg BUY
9012: The Tools of Plotting & The Sequence of Story by Linda Cowgill BUY
9105: Q & A with Industry Pros: Agency, Producer, Writer, Manager by Ben Sitzer BUY
9056: Directing--Visualization & Staging the Deep Focus Master by Jim Pasternak BUY
01:00 PM-
05:00 PM

Saturday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9127: The Golden Pitch Screenplay Pitch Fest Saturday Afternoon Session by The Golden Pitch Fest BUY
02:00 PM-
03:30 PM

Saturday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9142: Million-Dollar Pitching -- Free But 'Buy' To Claim A Seat by Chris Soth BUY
9121: Ariane Von Kamp Interview with Guest Of Honor Shane Black by Shane Black BUY
9159: Kairos Prize: A Panel Discussion (free) by Kairos Prize For Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays BUY
9139: Horror Writers Panel -- Adam Green, Eduardo Sanchez, Ryan Schifrin, Ti West by Horror Writers Panel Discussion BUY
9042: Crafting Fresh Dialogue for Emotional Impact by Karl Iglesias BUY
9013: The Emotional Pattern of Plot by Linda Cowgill BUY
9075: Three Essential Principles for Creating Worthy Characters by Richard Walter BUY
9067: Structuring Scenes & Scene Sequences by Linda Seger BUY
9057: Directing--Lenses Moving Camera & Subjective Point of View by Jim Pasternak BUY
9092: The Return of the Sitcom by Sarit Catz BUY
9017: Structure - all you need to know about the Three Act Structure by James Dalessandro BUY
9078: How to Find the Right Buyer for Your Project by Victoria Wisdom BUY
04:00 PM-
05:30 PM

Saturday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9143: The Million-Dollar Mentor -- Free But 'Buy' To Claim A Seat by Chris Soth BUY
9160: Spiritually Uplifting Family Films & Television by Movieguide BUY
9029: The Hero's 2 Journeys--Mastering Story Structure and Character Arc by Michael Hauge BUY
9043: The Psychology of Subtext--The Meaning Behind the Words by Karl Iglesias BUY
9044: Creating & Developing Your Comedy Screenplay by Steve Kaplan BUY
9110: Talk is Cheap: Thirteen Principles for Dialogue by Richard Walter BUY
9100: 5 Steps to Great Heroes and Villains by Bill Lundy BUY
9112: Interview: Breaking in - and what to do (and not do) once you have! by Gary Whitta BUY
9018: Scenes & Characters - The secret life of Screenplays by James Dalessandro BUY
9079: The Top Ten Legal Tips Every Screenwriter Should Know by Larry Zerner BUY
9076: How to Sell a Spec Script by Victoria Wisdom BUY
06:00 PM-
07:30 PM

Saturday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9134: Guest of Honor Session: The Sometimes Strange Relations Between Writer and Executive. by Gerard Boccaccio BUY
9133: Guest of Honor Session: The Sometimes Strange Relations Between Writer and Executive. by James Manos Jr BUY
9150: Watching Your Way To Success: How To Mine Great Movies For Screenwriting Gold by Paul Margolis BUY
9033: Creating Powerful Movie Scenes by Michael Hauge BUY
9036: Mastering the Ten Essential Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters by Karl Iglesias BUY
9045: Steve Kaplan's Comedy Intensive--The Hidden Tools by Steve Kaplan BUY
9111: Action and Setting--Little Things Mean a Lot by Richard Walter BUY
9101: More White Space! How To Pare Down Your Prose And Get Your Script Noticed by Bill Lundy BUY
9019: How the Big Dogs Do It by James Dalessandro BUY
9077: CANCELED: How to Pitch Your Screenplay for a Sale by Victoria Wisdom BUY
08:00 PM-
10:00 PM

Saturday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9082: The Screenwriting Expo Hosts A Screenwriter Networking Reception by Saturday Networking Reception BUY
View Cart Sunday  Oct 18, 2009
12:00 AM-
12:00 AM

Sunday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9162: Cyberspace Open Finals--Actor Rehearsal by CS Open Rehearsals (Not public) BUY
08:00 AM-
01:00 PM

Sunday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9156: Screenwriting Expo Registration, Ticket Sales, And Information by Screenwriting Expo Registration BUY
09:00 AM-
10:30 AM

Sunday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9144: Million-Dollar Screenwriting: Break Through The Three-Act Structure -- Free But 'Buy' To Claim A Seat by Chris Soth BUY
9028: Sequences--The Hidden Structure of Successful Screenplays by Paul Joseph Gulino BUY
9109: Blockbuster Story Techniques 21-30 by John Truby BUY
9068: Creating a Transformational Arc by Linda Seger BUY
9106: Choosing a Marketable Premise by Ron Suppa BUY
9058: Directing--Collaboration & Rehearsal by Jim Pasternak BUY
9123: Writing for Games: Atoms, Barks, Story Trees and State Engines by Greg Roach BUY
09:00 AM-
11:59 AM

Sunday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9128: The Golden Pitch Screenplay Pitch Fest Sunday Morning Session by The Golden Pitch Fest BUY
09:00 AM-
10:30 PM

Sunday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9005: Writing the Multiple Storyline Screenplay by David Bartlett BUY
10:00 AM-
03:00 PM

Sunday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9175: Exhibit Hall Sunday Hours by Exhibit Hall Hours FREE
9172: Exhibit Hall Sunday Hours by Exhibit Hall Hours BUY
11:00 AM-
12:30 PM

Sunday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9145: Query...then Write! -- Free But 'Buy' To Claim A Seat by Chris Soth BUY
9149: Movie Magic Screenwriter 6 Training by Stephen Greenfield BUY
9152: Guest of Honor Session: Franklin Leonard, Producer, Creator of The Blacklist by Franklin Leonard BUY
9151: Why Adult Thrillers Are Dead And Other Secrets of the Biz You Can't Afford Not to Know by Paul Margolis BUY
9020: Writing the TV Spec and What Makes it Sing by Madeline DiMaggio BUY
9031: Grabbing the Reader in the First 10 pages by Michael Hauge BUY
9006: The 12 Step Program to Debugging Your Screenplay--Why It Won't Sell by David Bartlett BUY
9069: Deepening & Layering Your Characters by Linda Seger BUY
9107: What to Do After It's Written by Ron Suppa BUY
9059: Directing--Collaborating with an Editor by Jim Pasternak BUY
9064: Turning your Screenplay Into a TV pilot. by Ellen Sandler BUY
11:00 AM-
05:30 PM

Sunday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9176: Cyberspace Open Finals--Actor Rehearsal by CS Open Rehearsals (Not public) FREE
01:00 PM-
05:00 PM

Sunday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9129: The Golden Pitch Screenplay Pitch Fest Sunday Afternoon Session by The Golden Pitch Fest BUY
02:00 PM-
03:30 PM

Sunday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9124: WGA-W Panel: Diversity In Film Writing by Anna Tkach, Moderator BUY
9135: Interview With The Masters: John Cleese and William Goldman by John Cleese BUY
9027: Interview With The Masters: William Goldman and John Cleese by William Goldman BUY
9099: Don't Ruin a Great Script with Amateur Red Flags by Karl Iglesias BUY
9066: Communicating Your Theme by Linda Seger BUY
9060: Directing--Light & Metaphor by Jim Pasternak BUY
9063: What Can I Say?--A Dialogue Workshop by Ellen Sandler BUY
04:00 PM-
05:30 PM

Sunday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9137: Guest of Honor Session: Mike Medavoy by Mike Medavoy BUY
04:00 PM-
06:00 PM

Sunday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9030: Anatomy of a Screenplay - Slumdog Millionaire by Michael Hauge BUY
05:30 PM-
07:00 PM

Sunday  

Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9132: CS Open Scene-Writing Contest Finals (See the Exciting New Format!) by Closing Ceremony And CS Open Scene-Writing Competition Finals BUY
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.

9140: The Writer-Script Analysts' Salon - -- A Free-Form Writer-Analyst Salon by Script Analysts Salon BUY
9071: In Memory of Blake Snyder by Blake Snyder BUY



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