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

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 Wednesday  Nov 12, 2008
07:30 PM-
09:30 PM
Wednesday  

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.

8213: Wednesday Evening Welcome Reception by Networking Reception BUY
View Cart Thursday  Nov 13, 2008
11:00 AM-
12:30 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.

8204: Movie Magic Screenwriter Training by Write Brothers Movie Magic/Dramatica Class BUY
8258: Jungle Software Premieres Story 'O' by Jungle Software BUY
8083: Interview by Richard Price BUY
8173: How to create an imaginary life for your characters by Marilyn Horowitz BUY
8146: Using YouTube To Build Your Career by Lee Stranahan BUY
8086: Perfect Pitch -- How to Sell Yourself and Your Movie Idea to Hollywood- Lecture by Ken Rotcop BUY
8011: The Secret Weapon of Great Comedy AND Thriller Scripts by Howard Allen BUY
8116: Writing the Multiple Storyline Screenplay by David Bartlett BUY
8050: Mastering the Ten Essential Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters by Karl Iglesias BUY
8101: Screenwriting Secrets & Lies -- Writing Subtext by Wendall Thomas BUY
8136: Humanizing The Antagonist by Coleman Hough BUY
12:00 PM-
03:30 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.

8085: Perfect Pitch -- How to Sell Yourself and Your Movie Idea to Hollywood - Workshop by Ken Rotcop BUY
02:00 PM-
03:30 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.

8199: TV Power Pitch Workshop by Mark and Jeanne Simon BUY
8205: Power Tools for Screenwriting by Write Brothers Movie Magic/Dramatica Class BUY
8174: How to determine your premise question by Marilyn Horowitz BUY
8070: Description & Visual Storytelling by William Martell BUY
8141: Cracking Act II by Mark Sevi BUY
8117: The 12 Step Program to Debugging Your Screenplay -- Why It Won't Sell by David Bartlett BUY
8049: Crafting the Outline for Your Feature Film by Brian Herskowitz BUY
8051: Pitching To Sell -- Engaging The Listener Emotionally by Karl Iglesias BUY
8102: You Talkin' to Me? -- The Power of Dialogue by Wendall Thomas BUY
8137: Inspiration and the Internet by Coleman Hough BUY
8189: Interview with Gina Prince Bythewood. by Gina Prince-Bythewood BUY
04:00 PM-
05:30 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.

8269: Final Draft Presentation by Final Draft BUY
8279: Worldwide Launch. Contour, story development for Mac OS X by Mariner Software 2 BUY
8094: Interview on working for the Law and Order Franchise by Stephanie SenGupta BUY
8028: Using Improv Techniques for Comedy Writing by Wendy Cutler and Devorah Cutler-Rubenstein BUY
8122: Respecting the Antagonist by Bill Boyle BUY
8097: Supercharge by Blake Snyder BUY
8069: Guerrilla Marketing Your Script by William Martell BUY
8087: Secrets of Animated Movies and TV Shows by Ken Rotcop BUY
8142: The Verdict a perfect film. Lessons for today's writers. by Mark Sevi BUY
8052: Writing for Emotional Impact -- Maximizing the Reader's Emotional Response by Karl Iglesias BUY
8100: Writing Romantic Comedy Dialogue by Wendall Thomas BUY
8157: The Screenwriter's Guide to Copyright Infringement by Larry Zerner BUY
8108: How to Sell a Spec Script by Victoria Wisdom BUY
06:00 PM-
07:30 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.

8270: Final Draft Presentation by Final Draft BUY
8280: Worldwide Launch. Contour, story development for Mac OS X by Mariner Software 2 BUY
8171: Interview by Marshall Herskovitz BUY
8029: Killer Loglines -- 30 Seconds to Cha-Ching by Wendy Cutler and Devorah Cutler-Rubenstein BUY
8071: Elements of Horror by William Martell BUY
8032: Seducing the Studio Reader by Robert Flaxman BUY
8053: Testing Your Concept at the Emotional Level by Karl Iglesias BUY
8112: Life's a Pitch by David Zuckerman BUY
8123: Writing Internet and Mobile Video Hits - Part 1 by Frank Chindamo BUY
8139: The Other Side of the Table -- A No B.S. Guide to Pitchfests for Writers by Daniel Manus BUY
8109: How to Pitch Your Screenplay for a Sale by Victoria Wisdom BUY
07:30 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.

8214: Convention Center - Writers Lounge by Networking Reception BUY
View Cart Friday  Nov 14, 2008
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.

8281: Screenwriting on a Mac. Join the Montage Boot Camp. by Mariner Software BUY
8002: The Semantics of Antics -- Analysis of 5 Great Comedy Scenes by Hal Ackerman BUY
8007: Pitch in a Minute by Pilar Alessandra BUY
8118: Producing the Micro-Budget Feature Film - Part I by David Bartlett BUY
8017: A Structure Checklist -- How to Plug the Holes in Your Script by Michael Ray Brown BUY
8046: Sell your Story in 60 Seconds by Michael Hauge BUY
8144: Comedy Writing -- Making It Funny From the Ground Up by Evan Smith BUY
8023: Loglines/Treatments/Pitches by James Dalessandro BUY
10:00 AM-
11:30 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.

8230: Round 1 --Section 1 by CS Open 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.

8206: Power Tools for Screenwriting (repeats earlier class) by Write Brothers Movie Magic/Dramatica Class BUY
8285: Montage Power User Session, Screenwriting software for Mac OS X  by Mariner Software BUY
8084: Dramatic Reading by Richard Price BUY
8181: Interview by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely BUY
8261: How We Mortgaged Our House and Became Screenwriters by David and Jennifer Skelly BUY
8074: Directing -- Preparing the Dramatic Workbook by Jim Pasternak BUY
8001: Dancing With The Wadoogee -- Writing Scenes That Crackle with Life by Hal Ackerman BUY
8080: The Outsider The Outcast And The Outlaw -- A Character'~s Relationship To Society by Thomas Pope BUY
8004: Beyond the Chick Flick -- Writing The Female Driven Screenplay by Pilar Alessandra BUY
8165: Setting Up Character & Story by Syd Field BUY
8047: Writing Romantic Comedies and Love Stories by Michael Hauge BUY
8054: Crafting Complex Characters for Emotional Impact by Karl Iglesias BUY
8145: Breaking Into Sitcoms -- Guerrilla Tactics For Landing That First Job by Evan Smith BUY
8104: Anatomy of a Blockbuster Screenplay -- 10 Techniques by John Truby BUY
8105: Anatomy of the Harry Potter Stories by John Truby BUY
8013: Future Perfect -- The Art of Science Fiction by Steven Barnes BUY
8024: Structure - all you need to know about the Three Act Structure by James Dalessandro BUY
12:00 PM-
01:30 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.

8231: Round 1--Section 2 by CS Open 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.

8190: Dramatica Story Basics - The Big Stuff by Chris Huntley BUY
8201: What To Bring To A TV Pitch by Mark and Jeanne Simon BUY
8202: What To Bring To A TV Pitch -- Repeat by Mark and Jeanne Simon BUY
8207: Your Favorite Paradigm by Write Brothers Movie Magic/Dramatica Class BUY
8232: Round 1--Section 3 by CS Open BUY
8262: What Every Writer Must Know About Acting by David and Jennifer Skelly BUY
8075: Directing -- Visualization & Staging the Deep Focus Master by Jim Pasternak BUY
8003: Writing Exercises for The Fit Screenwriter by Hal Ackerman BUY
8005: Surviving Rewrite Hell by Pilar Alessandra BUY
8167: Writing Effective Dialogue by Syd Field BUY
8048: Creating Powerful Movie Scenes by Michael Hauge BUY
8055: Crafting Compelling Stories for Emotional Impact by Karl Iglesias BUY
8194: Film School For Writers (Part I)--Produce and Direct your Script by Dov S-S Simens BUY
8143: Turning Your Screenplay into a Comic Book by Martin Shapiro Sean O'Reilly BUY
8014: The Gorgon in the Mirror -- The How & Why of Horror by Steven Barnes BUY
8182: Interview by Aline Brosh-McKenna BUY
8183: Starving in Hollywood and the long haul by Josh Olson BUY
8090: What Can I Say?- A Dialogue Workshop by Ellen Sandler BUY
8126: Making a Feature Film under $50 000 by Kevin DiBacco BUY
04:00 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.

8131: WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE? by Warrren Etheredge 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.

8271: Final Draft Presentation by Final Draft BUY
8288: Master Screenwriting Panel by Simon Kinberg and Josh Olson BUY
8217: Interview with Q and A by J. Michael Straczynski BUY
8233: Round 1--Section 4 by CS Open BUY
8278: Getting from where you are to where you want to be. by CineStory Panel BUY
8076: Directing -- Lenses Moving Camera & Subjective Point of View by Jim Pasternak BUY
8081: Scripting the American Dream by Thomas Pope BUY
8103: Formatting and Spec Writing for Fun and Profit by Dave Trottier BUY
8006: Dynamic Dialogue by Pilar Alessandra BUY
8056: Crafting Fascinating Scenes for Emotional Impact by Karl Iglesias BUY
8095: Myth Magic Metaphysics -- How to Use Them in Your Stories by Pamela Jaye Smith BUY
8140: Living In An Indie World by Daniel Manus BUY
8093: Turning your Screenplay Into a TV pilot. by Ellen Sandler BUY
8156: The Top Ten Legal Tips Every Screenwriter Should Know by Larry Zerner BUY
8110: How to Find the Right Buyer for Your Project by Victoria Wisdom BUY
04:00 PM-
06:30 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.

8191: Dramatica Story Dynamics -- Key Questions about Character and Plot by Chris Huntley 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.

8277: Faster than a Speeding Bullet Catapult Your Career to the Top. by Barri Evins CineStory BUY
8272: Final Draft Presentation by Final Draft BUY
8065: Interview/Panel Discussion by Karen Lutz and Kirsten Smith BUY
8234: Round 1--Section 5 by CS Open BUY
8175: How to re-examine your main character by Marilyn Horowitz BUY
8172: Interview by Alex Holdridge BUY
8154: Hollywood's Back Door -- 20 strategies to break in by Dave Trottier BUY
8057: Crafting Vivid Description for Emotional Impact by Karl Iglesias BUY
8268: Hollyweb 3.0 -Digital Storytelling & New Media by Greg Mandanis BUY
8195: Film School For Writers -- (Part II)--Finance and Distribute your Film by Dov S-S Simens BUY
8113: Cinematic Storytelling by Jennifer van Sijll BUY
8148: What Every Writer Should Know About Directing by Jeffrey Townsend BUY
8124: Writing Internet and Mobile Video Hits - Part 2 by Frank Chindamo BUY
8170: Scaling the Great Wall of Hollywood by Gary Goldstein BUY
8015: Heart of the Matter -- Deep Characterization by Steven Barnes BUY
8111: How to Market a Commercial Screenplay by Victoria Wisdom BUY
8135: Screenwriting For Newbies -- The ABCs of Writing A Script by Fran Harris BUY
07:30 PM-
10:30 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.

8215: Millenium Biltmore Hotel by Networking Reception BUY
View Cart Saturday  Nov 15, 2008
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.

8264: Any Writer Can Make it in Hollywood and I can Prove it to Anyone that Enrolls by Gary Shusett BUY
8267: Do as the Greeks Did ... Take the Hero's Journey, Now. by Http:// YouScreenwriter.com BUY
8273: Final Draft Presentation by Final Draft BUY
8259: Jungle Software Premieres Story 'O' by Jungle Software BUY
8012: Dialogue Workshop by Tina Andrews BUY
8289: TV Animation Writing Panel by Animation Panel BUY
8121: Writing For Stars by Glenn Benest BUY
8082: Re-Inventing American Screenwriting by Thomas Pope BUY
8119: Producing the Micro Budget Feature Film - Part II by David Bartlett BUY
8022: The Emotional Pattern of Plot by Linda Cowgill BUY
8255: Million-Dollar Screenwriting --  The Mini-Movie Method by Chris Soth BUY
8180: What Kind of Screenwriter Are You? by TJ Lynch and Paul Guay BUY
8149: The Director's Journey by Mark Travis BUY
8037: Power Networking -- The Secret Hollywood Code by Heather Hale BUY
10:00 AM-
11:30 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.

8235: Round 1--Section 6 by CS Open 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.

8192: Dramatica Archetypes and Complex Characters -- How to Make Them by Chris Huntley BUY
8274: Final Draft Presentation by Final Draft BUY
8208: Power Tools for Screenwriting (2nd repeat of earlier class) by Write Brothers Movie Magic/Dramatica Class BUY
8162: LOST PANEL by Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof BUY
8179: Panel Discussion on the 'Lost' TV Series by Damon Lindelof BUY
8120: Writing High Concept Movies by Glenn Benest BUY
8018: Million-Dollar Screenwriting Career -- Picture the Deal by Philippa Burgess BUY
8021: The Tools of Plotting & The Sequence of Story by Linda Cowgill BUY
8166: Setting Up Character & Story by Syd Field BUY
8058: Crafting Fresh Dialogue for Emotional Impact by Karl Iglesias BUY
8115: Directing your Script A-Z by Dov S-S Simens BUY
8198: Directing your Script A-Z by Dov S-S Simens BUY
8147: But What I Really Want To Do Is Direct by Jeffrey Townsend BUY
8025: Scenes & Characters - The secret life of Screenplays by James Dalessandro BUY
8184: Interview by Melissa Rosenberg BUY
8150: The Rehearsal Process by Mark Travis BUY
8038: Navigating Hollywood by Heather Hale BUY
12:00 PM-
01:30 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.

8236: Round 1--Section 7 by CS Open 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.

8229: Lost -- Anatomy of an episode with Writer-Producers  Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz BUY
8193: Dra