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Craft Workshops

Each year we hold one-day multi-panel conferences on the crafts of writing for Television, Film, and - in 2008 - Videogames and the Internet. Each workshop features panels with the top creators in each field. Please check back for details of upcoming workshops. Purchase DVDs of past workshops here.


WRITERS ON GENRE SERIES
Wednesdays, July 1 thru 29
At the WGA - 7000 W 3rd St, LA 90048
Sponsored by Write Brothers Inc.
Tickets only available for individual nights on HORROR - July 8, and FANTASY/SCI-FI - July 22

Individual night tickets discounted online: General - $20; WGA - $15; Student - $10
Individual night door prices: $25, $20, $15

July 1 - Action Adventure/ Thriller - SOLD OUT
A-(for Adrenaline) list heavy hitters David S. Goyer (Blade, Batman Begins), Simon Kinberg (Mr. & Mrs. Smith, X-men: The Last Stand), Zak Penn (X-men: The Last Stand, The Incredible Hulk), and Gary Scott Thompson (The Fast and the Furious) discuss the elements of writing successful grab-them-by-their-throat Action-Adventure movies! Moderated by Daniel Petrie, Jr.
PURCHASE ACTION-ADVENTURE TICKETS

July 8 - Horror
Scare masters Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan (Saw IV, V); Scott Kosar (Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Amityville Horror); Stiles White & Juliet Snowdon (Knowing, and upcoming Poltergeist remake) tell how to write a successful blood-dripping spook flick.
PURCHASE HORROR TICKETS

July 15 - Drama and "True" Stories - SOLD OUT
James Gray (We Own the Night); Susannah Grant (Erin Brokovich); Robert Nelson Jacobs (Chocolat);
and Howard Rodman (Savage Grace) discuss writing a successful, Oscar-bait dramatic screenplay.
PURCHASE DRAMA TICKETS

July 22 - Sci-fi and Fantasy
John August (Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory); Michael Goldenberg (Contact, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix); Stephen McFeely & Christopher Markus (The Chronicles of Narnia); and William Wisher (Terminator 2: Judgement Day)
divulge the secrets of penning imagined worlds for the big screen.
PURCHASE SCI-FI FANTASY TICKETS

July 29 - Comedy - SOLD OUT
Jon Lucas & Scott Moore (The Hangover, Four Christmases); Jim Herzfeld (Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers); and Karen Lutz & Kirsten Smith (Legally Blonde, The House Bunny) explain the difficult task of writing scripts that make people laugh.
PURCHASE COMEDY TICKETS


Check back for more details.