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Screenwriter Survival Skills

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Screenwriter Survival Skills

WHEN
Thursday, June 22
6:30-9:30 pm

WHERE
mediabistro.com
494 Broadway
(Spring & Broome)
New York, NY 10012

WHO
Screenwriters looking for help with the next stage

PRICE
$65 ($50 for )
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Course Details

You've finished your screenplay. The one you've rewritten more times than you can count. The one that your friends and teachers all tell you is ready to be sent out into the world. The one that you know in your gut is either going to get you a career in Hollywood or not. Now the truly hard work begins. The struggle to succeed as a screenwriter is only half waged on the page. The other half consists of acquiring the survival skills necessary to get you proper representation, making sure you're not prey to fly-by-night producers, and grabbing the attention of executives who see a hundred of you a day. And should you be lucky enough to sell that screenplay? Well, a whole new set of survival skills must then be mastered to stay in the game and remain employed and successful in Hollywood.

In this seminar, you will learn:

  • The best way to get an agent
  • The truth about managers and lawyers
  • Why meeting someone in a pickup basketball game is more effective than a query letter
  • How to pitch yourself
  • How to take a good meeting
  • How to get yourself in the rewrite loop
  • How to stay sane

Instructor Bio

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Matt Roshkow
Matt Roshkow has been a working screenwriter for more than ten years. His credits include the ABC/Disney movies Model Behavior, Switching Goals, Mr. Headmistress, H-E Double Hockey Sticks, and (as producer) MTV Telefilm's Spring Break Lawyer. His feature assignments include Paramount's Clockstoppers, as well as projects with New Line, Warner Brothers, and Universal.
He has written original TV pilots for Fox and ABC and has sold feature spec scripts and pitches. He has been featured in Variety, Entertainment Weekly, and The Hollywood Reporter and has been a featured speaker at many film conferences, as well as a guest lecturer at the Yale Film Institute. His latest movie Campus Confidential premiered on ABC/Family in August 2005.

Testimonials


Matt's class was well worth the time and the money. It was refreshing to interact with a working screenwriter who offered relevant and realistic tips for what it takes to pitch your movie to Hollywood. -- Steve Majors

"Matt is a pitching and screenwriting pro. He's funny, insightful, and, most importantly, highly knowledgeable about screenwriting and the business. His years of firsthand experience as a working writer shine through in informative anecdotes and real-life examples of what works, what doesn't, and why." -- Liza Monroy, mediabistro.com instructor

"Matt's seminar was really informative and inspirational. It gives you an insight into the minds of the people listening to your pitch and the language you should be giving it in. Now that I know what to do I am even more motivated to move forward with my project." -- Melissa St. Jude, marketing specialist, Infinity Broadcasting

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