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"Get Your Act(s) Together" : A Screenwriting Workshop"
Early bird special extended! $50 off before Aug 26!
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Have a screenplay idea you're dying to commit to the page? Or a script you started but couldn't continue with? Want help jump starting a screenplay for the first time?
Join award-winning writer Craig Phillips, MFA, for a 10 week screenwriting workshop (we meet in person only every other week so there would be 5 actual meetings) for fun writing exercises, script reading, film scene watching and discussion, and advice from a scriptwriter who has been through development hell and back (and again). 
The workshop will be limited to no more than 8 participants to keep the size reasonable and intimate, so each participant will be able to get as much attention as they need.
How long? 5 sessions over 10 weeks (we will meet in person every other week)
When:
Saturdays beginning Sept 6, Sept 20, Oct 4, Oct 18 and 25.
2-5PM.
Where: Fort Mason, Building B
Marina Boulevard and Buchanan Street, San Francisco
Cost: $350. $300 Early bird special! Register by Aug 25 for a $50 discount!
Payable by check (email the instructor) or Paypal.
What: (The Details)
The workshop will meet every other week on Saturdays beginning September 6. 2-5PM..
There will be group emails during the off week to check in, and individual consultations available during off weeks as well. The workshop leader/teacher will also set up a locked private blog for the participants to post scenes as they work on them for feedback from other students and the teacher.
Assignments are minimal but designed to keep you moving forward and writing.
We will also watch and discuss brief excerpts from outstanding examples of the screenwriting art, as inspiration for us in our own screenplays.
There will be time for in-class discussion of our works-in-progress.
And lastly one-on-one time with each participant.
What Level/Experience Should You Have? Both absolute beginners and more experienced writers who are looking to start again are welcome, though I will likely skip past the most boring and basic of questions. I'll be working with you on either starting a new screenplay or getting you further along in one you're already working on.
Who is Craig Phillips and why should you care: 
A script reader and development associate in Hollywood for: Jon Avnet and Jordan Kerner (worked as researcher on Mama Flora's Family and assistant on Inspector Gadget movie); Bedford Falls Co. (Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz - My So Called Life, Glory, The Last Samurai); and also worked for HBO, Miramax, Dimension and Mandeville Films.
He has optioned several screenplays, most recently "The Prisoners" which is currently optioned to director Charles Burnett (To Sleep With Anger; Killer of Sheep); and he's now at work on an untitled baseball script for a Hollywood management company. A previous screenplay was the winner of the Hollywood Screenplay Award, and a teleplay called "The Pathfinder" was the winner of the National Society of Arts and Letters TV writing contest. He has also taught writing courses at 826 Valencia.
He holds an MFA in writing from California College of the Arts (CCA) and a BA in Cinema/Screenwriting from San Francisco State.
He has led writing workshops at CCA.
He has been a glorified (or tortured) production assistant on several feature films in Hollywood, none of which are worth talking at length about. He has produced several short films, including "Just Shy," and the documentary "Connected" which aired on television in San Francisco.
He is also a film reviewer and editor for GreenCine.com.
Come join us for a fun and productive workshop!
Email Craig.
Craig's blog/web site.
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