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Screenwriters World is a high-level networking and educational summit designed by The Writers Store to help you learn how to write and sell a screenplay. You can then put those skills into action during networking events that directly connect you with key executives in the movie and television Industry who can help move your writing career forward. Plus, our diverse schedule offers a wide variety of topics and tactics for screenwriters at every career and skill level, so you can design a track for yourself with useable information on everything from the latest screenwriting trends to finding representation to selling that spec!

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Please see our 2014 program outline below - check back soon for more updates!

Friday, August 15, 2014
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9:00 am - 12:00 pmBoot Camp: TV Pitching (Additional Fee Required) [More Info]
Lisa Alden, TV Writer/Instructor, Sally Dog Productions
9:00 am - 12:00 pmBoot Camp: Query Letters, Loglines and Leave Behinds(Additional Fee Required) [More Info]
Daniel Manus, CEO and Script Consultant, No BullScript Consulting
9:00 am - 12:00 pmBoot Camp: Mastering Your Genre(Additional Fee Required) [More Info]
1:00 pm - 4:00 pmBoot Camp: TV Pilot Kit (Additional Fee Required) [More Info]
Mario Moreno, Story Specialist, The Writers Store
1:00 pm - 4:00 pmBoot Camp: The Pitch with Pilar (Additional Fee Required) [More Info]
Pilar Alessandra, Director/Author, On the Page
1:00 pm - 4:00 pmBoot Camp: Adapt a Novel to Film & TV (Additional Fee Required) [More Info]
Marilyn R. Atlas, Marilyn Atlas Management
5:00 pm - 5:50 pmWriting the Spec Screenplay [More Info]
Anthony Grieco, Story Specialist, The Writers Store		Writing the Micro-Budget Film [More Info]Writing for TV [More Info]
Andrew Guerdat, TV Writer/Producer
6:00 pm - 6:50 pmOpening Keynote: Palak Patel [More Info]
Palak Patel, Producer, Roth Films

Saturday, August 16, 2014
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9:00 am - 9:50 amThe Art of the Pitch [More Info]
Rob Edwards, Screenwriter/Instructor
Douglas J. Eboch, Screenwriter/Author
Daniel Manus, CEO and Script Consultant, No BullScript Consulting
Calix Lewis Reneau, Calix8 Productions		What I Really Want is an Agent [More Info]
Jeanne Bowerman, FIlm Producer/Screenwriter/Script Magazine Editor, Implicit Production, LLC/F+W Media, Inc
Jake Wagner, Head of Management, Benderspink		Develop & Pitch TV Shows Panel [More Info]
Andrew Guerdat, TV Writer/Producer
William Rabkin, Screenwriter/Producer
Lindsay Sloane, Senior Vice President, TriStar Productions
10:00 am - 10:50 amSubtext [More Info]
Karl Iglesias, Screenwriter/Script Doctor/Consultant/Instructor, UCLA Extension Writers' Program		Development 101 [More Info]
Daniel Manus, CEO and Script Consultant, No BullScript Consulting 		Forensic Myths & Misconceptions & Why Writers Need Them [More Info]
Jennifer Dornbush, Consultant/Instructor/Author
10:00 am - 11:50 amPitch Slam (For Gold and Platinum Pass Holders Only)
11:00 am - 11:50 amThe Industry-Ready Checklist [More Info]
Pilar Alessandra, Director/Author, On the Page 		What Happens to a Screenplay When it is Submitted to a Studio and Production Company [More Info]
Rona Edwards, Producer/Author/Asst. Professor/Film-TV Consultant
Monika Skerbelis, Author/Producer/Instructor/Consultant, ESE Film Workshops Online		NYFA "Page to Panel" [More Info]
Nunzio DeFilippis, Director of Curriculum Devlopment for the Screenwriting Department, New York Film Academy - Los Angeles Campus
12:00 pm - 1:00 pmLunch on your own and Exhibit break
1:00 pm - 1:50 pmQ&A: The Industry Insider View on Writing Blockbuster Action Films [More Info]NYFA - Creating a Franchise [More Info]
Adam Finer, Producer, New York Film Academy - Los Angeles Campus
Adam Moore, Associate Chair/Screenwriter, New York Film Academy’s MFA Screenwriting Department - Los Angeles		Q&A The Industry Insider View of a Writers Room [More Info]
1:00 pm - 4:50 pmPitch Slam (For Gold and Platinum Pass Holders Only)
2:00 pm - 2:50 pm Q&A: The Industry Insider View on Writing RomComs [More Info]Writing for A-List Actors [More Info]
Pam Dixon, Casting Director, Pam Dixon Casting
Wendy Kram, Producer/Owner, L.A. FOR HIRE
Bonnie MacBird, Instructor, UCLA Extension Writers' Program
Kelly Perine (Scheduled to Appear), Actor
Donald Hewitt, Screenwriter		Q&A: The Industry Insider's View of Creating, Writing, & Showrunning [More Info]
3:00 pm - 3:50 pmQ&A: The Industry Insider View on Writing Period Films [More Info]Crowdfunding [More Info]
David Rodwin, Writer/Producer		Industry Insiders View: The Walt Disney Animation Department [More Info]
4:00 pm - 4:50 pmWriting a Great Scene [More Info]
Karl Iglesias, Screenwriter/Script Doctor/Consultant/Instructor, UCLA Extension Writers' Program		How to Make the Contest Cut Panel [More Info]
Jeanne Bowerman, FIlm Producer/Screenwriter/Script Magazine Editor, Implicit Production, LLC/F+W Media, Inc
Greg Beal, Program Director, Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting		The A-B-C's Writing for TV [More Info]
William Rabkin, Screenwriter/Producer
D.C. Fontana, Screenwriter
5:00 pm - 5:50 pmPowerhouse Character Creation [More Info]
Ruth Atkinson, Script Consultant/Story Editor
Pen Densham, Producer/Director/Writer		Q&A: Industry Insider View on Film FinancingWhat Do You Want From Me?: A TV Insider's Guide to Breaking In [More Info]
Rob Edwards, Screenwriter/Instructor
6:00 pm - 7:00 pmCocktail Networking Reception and Exhibits [More Info]

Sunday, August 17th, 2014
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9:00 am - 9:50 amYou Got in the Door, Now Don't Blow It [More Info]
Chris Sparling, Screenwriter
Matthew Harrison, Feature Film Director, UCLA Writers Extension Instructor
Nancy Nigrosh, Instructor, UCLA Extension Writers' Program
Margaret Oberman, Instructor/Writer/Producer, UCLA Extension Writers' Program
Bill Lundy, Screenwriter/Script Consultant		Legal 411: How to Secure Literary Representation and Shop Your Screenplay Until You Do [More Info]
Dinah Perez, Dinah Perez Law		Writing for Reality TV [More Info]
Daniel Abrams (Moderator), Producer
Mark Kratter, CEO, Emergence Entertainment
Matt Sims, Senior Vice President, Ryan Seacrest Productions
Josh Raymond, Story Producer, 495 Productions
10:00 am - 10:50 amPixar's Emotional Core [More Info]
Karl Iglesias, Screenwriter/Script Doctor/Consultant/Instructor, UCLA Extension Writers' Program		Writing is Rewriting [More Info]
Michael Tabb, WGA Screenwriter
Paul Chitlik, Screenwriter/Producer/Director		Web Series Panel [More Info]
Rebecca Norris (Moderator), Script Magazine Contributor/Writer/Filmmaker, Freebird Entertainment
Eric Loya, Web Series Writer/Producer
Michael Ajakwe Jr., Creator/Writer/Director/Producer
Amy Berg, TV Writer/Producer
Travis Richey, Web Series Writer/Producer
11:00 am - 11:50 amA Safari Guide to Finding Your True Process [More Info]
Lisa Alden, TV Writer/Instructor, Sally Dog Productions
Karl Iglesias, Screenwriter/Script Doctor/Consultant/Instructor, UCLA Extension Writers' Program
Shawn Tolleson, Entertainment Career Coach, Strategy Coaching
Ruth Atkinson, Script Consultant/Story Editor
Pen Densham, Producer/Director/Writer		Q & A with Amazon StudiosWriting for the Videogame Industry [More Info]
D.C. Fontana, Screenwriter