Workshop Changes

7/1/2010

Friday - 8:30 to 8:55 Lit Panel

"How to Kindle Success"

Alex Glass and Colleen Houck

Salem writer Colleen Houck ignored over 400 rejection letters, and self-published her "Tiger" series on Amazon's CreateSpace. She landed at #22 on Kindles Bestseller list in a matter of months. Alex Glass of Trident Media Group noticed her success and signed her on. Film rights for Houck's five book series have now been purchased for film. Come learn about this new door to success!


George Mason will teach a workshop on Friday in place of Nena Baker.

3:30 - 5:00 Non-Fiction
Cancelled: Nena Baker
Replacement: George Mason

“Write to Change the World” Level: All

It is true that the “pen is mightier than the sword.” But like the sword, the pen requires practice, and there are techniques for improving its impact. In this interactive session we will explore and practice both the art and the science of creating persuasive writing, and examine channels where your writing can produce the best effect, such as op-eds, blogs, letters to the editor, interviews and presentations.


The correct description of Danny Manus' Loglines class is...

"Class will cover how to construct proper loglines, query letters and one-pagers, what to include and what not to include, how they each differ from each other and why each is important, what executives are looking for, and how to write ones that grab attention and sell! Writers can bring their loglines with them and we will see how to improve each one (as many as time allows). A Q&A will also be included."

Anne Warren Smith has cancelled as a speaker.

Geoff Latulippe will be on several film panels at the conference.

A long-suffering fan of Cleveland sports, Geoff grew up all over the US (but mainly in Pennsylvania) before moving to LA. Once there, he gained 40 lbs and developed his storytelling skills by listening to too much Phil Collins and working as a reader for New Line Cinema and Summit Entertainment. He finally sold his first script, GOING THE DISTANCE, in July 2008. He would appreciate if you would take between 2 and 600 people with you to see it when it hits theaters on 27 August 2010. He is currently working on BREATHERS, a zombie comedy for Fox Searchlight, pretending that he's still 19 years old and praying that he figures out what the hell it is that he's doing before it all slips through his sausage fingers.

Luke Ryan's Sunday workshops, From Script to Screen and What's So Funny?, have been moved from Sunday to Friday. Randall Jahnson's Second to None, Writing a Dynamic Second Act, and Julie Gray's Top Ten Things Readers Hate have been moved to Sunday.

Randall speaks about the craft of screenwriting at http://www.youtube.com/thewillamettewriters