Screenwriting Seminar - MY STORY CAN BEAT UP YOUR STORY

It’s back, and coming to TORONTO. The Seminar Formerly Known As TotallyWrite is now bigger and better than ever before and it’s been renamed…

“MY STORY CAN BEAT UP YOUR STORY!”

Taught by Emmy, WGA, WGC, and BAFTA nominated screenwriter, producer, and director Jeffrey Alan Schechter, "MY STORY CAN BEAT UP YOUR STORY!" is the only seminar that’s guaranteed to turn your screenplay into the toughest kid on the block?

Filled with new information, tips, and techniques, the “MY STORY CAN BEAT UP YOUR STORY!” way of writing is so simple yet so powerful that Mariner Software now uses it as the muscle behind their amazing Contour Story Development System.

This is no sterile paradigm, but a dynamic system that shows you how to use the major storytelling moments shared by the most popular movies of all time in your own writing. This system is based on simple to understand principles and has been field tested to the tune of millions of dollars worth of writing assignments and script sales.

"MY STORY CAN BEAT UP YOUR STORY!" shines a light on the real power behind all well-crafted screenplays -- the common elements the human brain is hardwired to recognize -- and shows you how you can use these elements to make your screenplay better than everyone else's!

At the "MY STORY CAN BEAT UP YOUR STORY!" seminar you'll learn:

*The key elements that ensure your story isn’t a 90 pound weakling.

*The 4 questions that make your hero a winner and not a wiener.

*How to pitch like a pro and not throw like a sissy with the single-sentence formula that LAYS OUT YOUR ENTIRE SCRIPT.

*The 4 critical archetypes every great protagonist becomes from "fade in" to "fade out" that screams out “I’m a hero, not a zero!”

*How to create bad guys that don’t punch like your sister.

*How to plot instead of plotz using the 12 foundation beats of ACT ONE, a ruthlessly easy ACT TWO, and an ACT THREE that’s the toughest in the schoolyard.

*How not to be afraid of the dark (or the blank page) thanks to the 12 STORY LANDMARKS that guide your story every step of the way.

No confusing jargon. No writer "geek speak." Just liberating, practical, and proven techniques from a working writer, producer, and director.

This seminar is perfect for aspiring and working writers as well as novelists, creative executives, assistants, producers, directors, readers...anyone who wants to learn how to keep the big kids from kicking sand in your story’s face!

Presenter: Jeffrey Alan Schechter
Event Name: "My Story Can Beat Up Your Story!"
When: Monday, June 15, 2009
Where: Toronto, Ontario
Venue: Hyatt Regency Toronto
Website: http://www.productionhub.com/events/description.aspx?item=20275

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TESOL France Professional Development Day

Addressing New and Emerging Approaches in Professional Development

Several topics will be explored such as:
Continuing Education Activities,
How to have an IBET Certificate,
Management of Professors,
the State of ELT in France as well as others.

Plenary Speaker

Jeremy Harmer the world-renowned author of The Practice of English Language Teaching, will be our Plenary Speaker during the TESOL France June Day on Professional Development.

Plenary Session

Watching Teachers Watch Themselves

This session focuses on issues of teacher development before reporting on (and showing extracts) of a teacher filming project where teachers were invited to view clips of their own teaching and were then asked the 'why' question to tease out their own reflections and beliefs about how they taught - and how they view teaching in general. Originally designed as material for trainers and trainees, this procedure points the way to an effective way of personal growth and teacher self-awareness - but is it for everyone?

Jeremy Harmer has written The Practice of English Language Teaching as well as How to Teach English (now in its second edition), a book which has provided the template for the How to series of methodology books published by Pearson. Jeremy has travelled to various countries around the world talking about language teaching. One of his main delights is working and networking with teachers on these visits and learning that despite the many differences between our specific situations, teachers all over the world have basically the same aspirations, share the same concerns, wrestle with the same sets of problems and rejoice in the same kind of success.

This all-day event will take place on June 20, 2009 at Télécom ParisTech. This TESOL Professional Day is free for you if you are a member or an institutional member (which gives you four free entrances). If you are not a member, the cost is 25 euros. This day is also free if you have a coupon for this day from *PEARSON*.

Memberships can be obtained on the day.

TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) France, is a non-profit organization of teachers of English in France. Its purposes are to stimulate professional development, to disseminate information about research, books and other materials related to English, and to strengthen instruction and research. We regularly organize high quality events which are opportunities to keep up-to-date with current trends in teaching, to share knowledge and experiences and to meet and network with other teachers.

Please go to the website for more information. www.tesol-france.org

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