Fundamentals of Screenwriting, Part 5: I’ve Finished My Draft—Now What?

Professional Development

The Writers Guild of America, East
invites you to attend

Rewriting, networking, and getting past the gatekeepers—while finding representation, producers, directors, and actors. Plus: How to listen to and incorporate feedback (while proving you’re the best writer for the job!).

Some of the topics and techniques we’ll cover include:

• The top 10 differences between scripts that break through and those that don’t
• Make your script an absolute page-turner, no matter what the genre
• Write characters that are magnets for A-list stars
• The 7 real reasons most scripts fail
• Why the way you introduce your lead is THE most critical scene
• How to make representation flock to YOU without even trying
• Give readers exactly what they want (but what they never expected)
• Incorporate commercially appealing elements into even the most indie of scripts
• Fun games to amp up your arcs, characters, dialogue, and action
• When to use The Black List and related contests/fellowships/websites
• Use “high concept” principles to elevate any story

…and a whole lot more. Hope to see you there!

Timothy Michael Cooper is an award-winning filmmaker, comedy writer, and script consultant. He wrote and directed the Writers Guild Award-nominated Concierge: The Series, starring Kate McKinnon. His short comedy Lemon premiered at Tribeca, played at dozens of international festivals and on United Airlines, and is currently in development as a sitcom. Plus, he’s been part of the writers’ room for the Writers Guild Awards for the past six years, writing monologue jokes and sketches for numerous hosts/presenters.

Through his company, Blueprint Screenwriting Group, he’s taught hundreds of writers. His clients and students have sold their scripts to major studios; staffed on multiple network and cable TV shows; screened/won at SXSW, Sundance, Tribeca, Cannes, etc.; and got their movies and shows made across the globe.

Timothy is a proud member of the WGAE, the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective Writers’ Workshop, the Hollywood Radio & Television Society, and the WGAE Softball Team.

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About The Fundamentals of Screenwriting Series

The Fundamentals of Screenwriting with Timothy Michael Cooper is a new WGA East seminar series. This series aims to live up to its name – to teach the fundamentals for screenwriters that need a refresher or journalists looking to learn for the first time.

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