The Scriptwriters Network
In comments a few days ago, Susan mentioned that she is the managing editor of The Scritpwriters Network. And what is The Scriptwriters Network?
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.
Check out TSN’s roster of panels:
Sci-fi Panel (more info pending) 11/13/2010 Horror Panel (more info pending) 10/09/2010 Screenwriting Fellowship Winners Panel (Arthur M. Jolly, Kurt Kuenne) 06/12/2010 Breakfast with the Sharks (Michael Lent) 05/19/2010 “Breaking the Story” for Television Writers (more info pending) 05/15/2010 How to Write the Million Dollar Spec (Victoria Wisdom) 04/17/2010 Blockbuster Panel (more info pending) 04/10/2010 How to Pitch & Protect Your Material (Steve Kaire) 03/20/2010 TV Panel (more info pending) 03/13/2010 Do You Have What It Takes To Make It In Hollywood? (Michele Wallerstein) 02/20/2010 Romantic Comedy Panel (more info pending) 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… 09/12/2009 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) 08/08/2009 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
For more info, go info@ScriptwritersNetwork.org.
Speaking of which, I know there are a bunch of screenwriting groups out there, both in the U.S. and internationally. If anybody knows of some, please post in comments. Perhaps you belong to one. If so, what’s been your experience?