The Quest Writing Workshop
Stunning. That’s the only way to describe the degree of interest in The Quest, not only people who submitted loglines for the recent Initiative, but also dozens and dozens of emails inquiring about it. Many people expressed a keen desire to do The Quest, but with some provisos:
* “I can’t commit to 24 weeks, could you offer a shorter version?”
* “Is there a way to make it less expensive?”
* “Can you do a workshop where you work with writers on-site?”
I have been pondering these thoughts the last several weeks and I’ve come up with something quite intriguing I want to present to the GITS community to measure interest in it:
The Quest Writing Workshop
It offers a condensed version of 4 Core classes combined with the Prep approach with a goal for participants to learn the basics of character-based screenwriting, workshop an original story, and emerge with a complete Narrative Throughline (outline) — all in one 4-day weekend. Here is the schedule:
Thursday
10–11:30AM Core: Character
11:30–1PM Prep: Protagonist Character Treatment
1–2PM Lunch
2–3:30PM Core: Concept
3:30–5PM Prep: Master Brainstorming List
Writing Assignment: Brainstorming
Friday
10–11:30AM Core: Plot
11:30–1PM Prep: Four Primary Plotline Points
1–2PM Lunch
2–3:30PM Core: Theme
3:30–5PM Prep: Four Themeline Movements
Writing Assignment: Subplots
Saturday
10–11:30AM Prep: Ten Major Plotline Points
11:30–1PM Workshop
1–2PM Lunch
2–5PM Workshop
Writing Assignment: Index Cards
Sunday
10–11:30AM Prep: Narrative Throughline
11:30–1PM Workshop
1–2PM Lunch
2–5PM Workshop
I will offer it for up to 12 writers because that is as many as I can handle to do such intensive work on individual stories. The workshop is priced the same as equivalent 4-day writing workshops: $895 / $825 early bird.
When: Thursday, October 17-Sunday, October 20 (10AM-5PM each day)
Where: The Writers Junction, 1001 Colorado Ave. Santa Monica, CA 90401
Think about that: In just 4 days, you will learn the cornerstones of character-based screenwriting, a proven approach to prep-writing, and end up with a comprehensive outline you can use to write a first draft of an original screenplay, all in a workshop environment with my feedback as well as your fellow writer participants.
If you are interested, you can go here for further information or email me for details.
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