The following are the sessions currently scheduled for this year's Screenwriting Expo. We add seminars up to the last minute, so please return to this page often. These sessions are subject to change without notice.
We apologize for any inconvenience or disappointment, but scheduling of a teaching seminar you want to attend could be revised by a speaker request until the week of the Expo. You may trade in or receive refunds for seminar tickets which you purchase but cannot use. Seating is limited in some rooms. Gold Pass registrants get priority seating.
10:00 AM-
11:59 AM
Thursday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 6047: Pitching: Pre-Expo Pitch Boot Camp 1 10 AM Run By The Scriptwriters Network (Separate $19.95 Admission)
by Pitch Boot Camp Scriptwriters Network |
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12:00 PM-
01:00 PM
Thursday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 7032: Sherwood Oaks College Class: Pitch Repair With Gary Shusett
by Gary Shusett |
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01:00 PM-
02:30 PM
Thursday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 6067: The No B.S. Guide To Pitching And Pitchfests
by Daniel Manus |
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01:00 PM-
03:00 PM
Thursday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 6048: Pitching: Pre-Expo Pitch Boot Camp 2 1 PM Run By The Scriptwriters Network (Separate $19.95 Admission)
by Pitch Boot Camp Scriptwriters Network |
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02:00 PM-
03:30 PM
Thursday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 7033: Emerging Writer-Director Joaquin F. Palma On Breaking In
by Joaquin F Palma |
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04:00 PM-
05:30 PM
Thursday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 6069: Loglines, Query Letters and One-Sheets
by Daniel Manus |
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04:00 PM-
06:00 PM
Thursday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 6049: Pitching: Pre-Expo Pitch Boot Camp 3 4 PM Run By The Scriptwriters Network (Separate $19.95 Admission)
by Pitch Boot Camp Scriptwriters Network |
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04:00 PM-
07:00 PM
Thursday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 6046: Registration, Ticket Sales, Information--Thursday Hours
by Screenwriting Expo Registration Day 1-Thursday |
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07:00 PM-
08:30 PM
Thursday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 7019: Guest of Honor Session: Kurt Wimmer
by Kurt Wimmer |
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08:30 PM-
10:30 PM
Thursday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 6041: Creative Screenwriting Hosts A Screenwriter Networking Reception
by Thursday Welcome Reception |
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07:00 AM-
08:00 PM
Friday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 6043: Registration, Ticket Sales, Information--Friday Hours
by Screenwriting Expo Registration Day 2-Friday |
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09:00 AM-
10:30 AM
Friday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 6052: Pitching: Pitch Catch Pitch with Chris Soth
by Chris Soth |
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| 6003: Writing the Multiple Storyline Screenplay
by David Bartlett |
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| 6005: Finding and Writing the 'Story' in True Stories
by Erik Bork |
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11:00 AM-
12:30 PM
Friday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 6094: MasterWriter: Serious Tools For Serious Writers (Product Demonstration and Discussion)
by Barry DeVorzon |
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| 6080: Screenwriting Begins with the the Very First Word
by Terri Zinner |
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| 6004: The 12 Step Program to Debugging Your Screenplay--Why It Won't Sell
by David Bartlett |
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| 6006: Pitching: Creating and Pitching Series Ideas for Television
by Erik Bork |
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| 6097: Finding the Right Medium (or Media) for Your Idea
by Jane Conners |
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| 7029: Producer Panel Or Solo Interview: Comedy
by Dan Goldberg |
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11:00 AM-
06:00 PM
Friday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 6014: Exhibit Hall Friday Hours
by Exhibit Hall Friday |
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01:00 PM-
05:00 PM
Friday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 6035: The Golden Pitch Screenplay Pitch Fest Friday Afternoon Session
by The Golden Pitch Fest Friday |
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02:00 PM-
03:30 PM
Friday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 7016: Guest of Honor Session: Mark Fergus.
by Mark Fergus |
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| 7028: Getting Started With Final Draft 8
by Zack Gutin |
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| 7031: Logline: Software for the Well-Structured Screenplay
by Joe Parker |
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| 6072: Inside Story Part 1: Developing the Transformational Arc of Character
by Dara Marks |
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| 6054: Pitching: How to Pitch Your Screenplay for a Sale
by Victoria Wisdom |
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| 6093: How to Write Studio Quality Action Lines and Dialogue
by Michael Ferris |
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04:00 PM-
05:30 PM
Friday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 7018: Interview with international award-winning screenwriter/director Amin Matalqa
by Amin Matalqa |
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| 6071: Guests of Honor: Ashley Miller and Zack Stenz
by Ashley Miller and Zack Stenz |
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| 6050: Agents And Managers Panel
by Gary Shusett |
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| 6073: Inside Story Part 2: Building the Transformational Arc of Character
by Dara Marks |
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| 6011: Seducing the Studio Reader
by Robert Flaxman |
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| 6070: Timothy Dowling and Joe Nussbaum Interviewed By Danny Manus
by Timothy Dowling and Joe Nussbaum |
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| 7020: Producer Panel: TV Careers
by Producer Panel: TV Series |
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06:00 PM-
07:30 PM
Friday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 7015: Guest of Honor Session: Vlas and Charley Parlapanides
by Vlas and Charley Parlapanides |
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| 6057: Legal Tips Every Screenwriter Should Know to Make Money and Avoid Getting Ripped Off
by Larry Zerner |
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| 7034: Your Screenplay/Your Novel
by Stephen Foreman |
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06:00 PM-
08:30 PM
Friday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 7030: Contest Winner Awards Dinner (Invitation Only)
by Creative Screenwriting and The Screenwriting Expo |
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08:30 PM-
10:30 PM
Friday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 6042: Creative Screenwriting Hosts A Screenwriter Networking Reception
by Friday Networking Reception |
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07:00 AM-
08:00 PM
Saturday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 6044: Registration, Ticket Sales, Information--Saturday Hours
by Screenwriting Expo Registration Day 3-Saturday |
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09:00 AM-
10:30 AM
Saturday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 6024: Conflict: The Secrets to Great Heroes & Villains
by Bill Lundy |
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| 6051: How To Turn A Good Logline Into A Great One
by Gary Shusett |
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| 6022: The Virgin Story – an alternative to the Hero
by Kim Hudson |
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| 6025: Why Most People Fail At Screenwriting
by Corey Mandell |
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| 6007: Throwing rocks at your main character: how to keep a story moving forward
by Erik Bork |
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| 6008: Writing the Low- and Micro-Budget Feature
by Christine Conradt |
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| 7000: Comic Book Graphic Novel Screenwriting 101
by Barbara Randall Kesel |
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09:00 AM-
12:05 PM
Saturday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 6036: The Golden Pitch Screenplay Pitch Fest Saturday Morning Session
by The Golden Pitch Fest Sat AM |
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11:00 AM-
12:30 PM
Saturday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 6085: Writing Villain First
by Marilyn Horowitz |
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| 6040: Breaking Into Reality TV: Two Screenwriters Tell How
by Le'John and Lemuel Plummer |
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| 6074: Engaging the Feminine Heroic
by Dara Marks and Deb Norton |
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| 6096: Comedy Writing--Making It Funny From the Ground Up
by Evan Smith |
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| 6012: Gearing Up for TV Staffing And Development Season
by Jen Grisanti |
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| 6068: Breaking Into Hollywood Through Transmedia
by Daniel Manus |
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| 6081: Three Essential Principles for Creating Worthy Characters
by Richard Walter |
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| 6029: Directing--Preparing the Dramatic Workbook
by Jim Pasternak |
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| 7007: Producer Panel: Reality TV
by Producer Panel: Reality TV |
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| 7026: A Dialogue with Guest of Honor Charlie Vignola, Bruckheimer Director of Development
by Charlie Vignola |
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| 6090: Crowdfunding Your Film
by Victoria Westcott |
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11:00 AM-
06:00 PM
Saturday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 6015: Exhibit Hall Saturday Hours
by Exhibit Hall Saturday |
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01:00 PM-
05:10 PM
Saturday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 6037: The Golden Pitch Screenplay Pitch Fest Saturday Afternoon Session
by The Golden Pitch Fest Sat PM |
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02:00 PM-
03:30 PM
Saturday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 6062: Guests of Honor: Alfred Gough and Miles Millar
by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar |
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| 6023: The Virgin in Fairy Tales
by Kim Hudson |
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| 6082: Talk is Cheap: Thirteen Principles for Dialogue
by Richard Walter |
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| 6030: Directing--Visualization & Staging the Deep Focus Master
by Jim Pasternak |
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| 6055: How to Find the Right Buyer for Your Project
by Victoria Wisdom |
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| 7010: Managers Panel: How (And Why) To Get A Manager
by Manager Panel: Archetype, Code Entertainment, Madhouse Entertainment, Rain Management |
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| 6098: Your Financing Package
by Jane Conners |
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04:00 PM-
05:30 PM
Saturday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 6087: Writing Concept First
by Marilyn Horowitz |
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| 6013: How To Write An Original TV Pilot Script
by Jen Grisanti |
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| 6083: Action and Setting--Little Things Mean a Lot
by Richard Walter |
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| 6031: Directing--Lenses Moving Camera & Subjective Point of View
by Jim Pasternak |
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| 7024: A Real Live Film Financier Tells Which Screenplays Sell And Why
by Chris Hammond |
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| 6056: How to Sell a Spec Script
by Victoria Wisdom |
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| 7008: Producer Panel: High-Concept Genres
by Bradley Gallo of Troika and a Gotham Group producer |
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| 6089: Comic Book Writing 101
by Neo Edmund |
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| 6095: The Comic Premise
by Steve Kaplan |
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06:00 PM-
07:30 PM
Saturday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 6061: Guest of Honor: Shane Salerno
by Shane Salerno |
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| 7009: Producer Panel: Financing Your Own
by Producer Panel: Financing |
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| 6088: The Graphic Novel is the Next Screenplay
by Joe LeFavi |
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08:30 PM-
10:30 PM
Saturday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 7025: Creative Screenwriting Hosts A Screenwriter Networking Reception
by Saturday Networking Reception |
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09:00 AM-
10:30 AM
Sunday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 6027: Writing The Marketable Romantic Comedy
by Billy Mernit |
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| 6066: Writing and Producing Your Own Movie
by Bryan Michael Stoller |
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| 6032: Directing--Collaboration & Rehearsal
by Jim Pasternak |
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| 6009: How to Write the Mind-Blowing Sex Scene
by Christine Conradt |
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| 7003: TV Networking 101
by Chad Gervich |
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| 7021: Breaking in, Selling, and Building a Lasting Career
by Nat Mundel and Jesse Israel |
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| 7013: Crowdfunding Your Film: A Success Story
by Aaron Pope and Jim Cirile |
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| 7017: Using technology to market your screenplay
by Ashley Meyers |
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09:00 AM-
12:05 PM
Sunday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 6038: The Golden Pitch Screenplay Pitch Fest Sunday Morning Session
by The Golden Pitch Fest Sun AM |
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09:00 AM-
01:00 PM
Sunday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 6045: Registration, Ticket Sales, Information--Sunday Hours
by Screenwriting Expo Registration Day 4-Sunday |
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09:00 AM-
10:30 PM
Sunday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 6078: The Mind of a Story Consultant When Reading Your Screenplay:
by Terri Zinner |
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11:00 AM-
12:30 PM
Sunday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 6086: Sell your Screenplay in 30 Days Using New and Tradtional media
by Marilyn Horowitz |
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| 6028: Writing Funny Love--Comedy Craft for the Contemporary Romantic Comedy
by Billy Mernit |
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| 6084: Seven Principles Guaranteed to Make You a Bitter Writer. (Yes, Bitter -- Not Better.)
by Richard Walter |
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| 6033: Directing--Collaborating with an Editor
by Jim Pasternak |
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| 6079: Story Coverage and The Don't Do List
by Terri Zinner |
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| 7035: Independent Film Panel: from Development to Financing
by Kevin McGahey Brian Avery and Bradley Miles |
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| 7012: Agents Hot Sheet Live: What Is Hot In Hollywood
by Jim Cirile |
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| 7004: 8 Ways To Ruin Your TV Pitch
by Chad Gervich |
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| 7022: Self-Agenting: Use their Strategies to Build Momentum
by Nat Mundel and Katy McCaffrey |
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11:00 AM-
02:00 PM
Sunday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 6016: Exhibit Hall Sunday Hours
by Exhibit Hall Sunday |
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01:00 PM-
05:10 PM
Sunday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 6039: The Golden Pitch Screenplay Pitch Fest Sunday Afternoon Session
by The Golden Pitch Fest Sun PM |
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02:00 PM-
03:30 PM
Sunday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 6059: Steve Kaplan's Comedy Intensive--The Hidden Tools
by Steve Kaplan |
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| 6010: Vampires, Zombies, and Ghosts: Writing Horror that Doesn’t Suck, Bite, or Fall Over Dead
by Christine Conradt |
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| 7011: Agents Panel: Everything You Want To Ask An Agent
by Agent Panel |
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| 7005: Getting Real About Reality: How To Design and Sell the Next Hit Reality Show
by Chad Gervich |
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| 7023: Building a Name and Raising Your Profile To Get Noticed
by Nat Mundel and Nance Rosen |
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02:00 PM-
04:00 PM
Sunday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 6034: Directing--Light & Metaphor
by Jim Pasternak |
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04:00 PM-
05:30 PM
Sunday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 7014: Guest of Honor Session: Ben Ripley
by Ben Ripley |
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| 6060: Creating & Developing Your Comedy Screenplay
by Steve Kaplan |
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05:30 PM-
06:00 PM
Sunday
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Please Note: If you buy the Gold Pass Registration, you do not need to buy tickets to individual sessions. For the basic registration, you must buy the registration first or concurrently, or tickets to individual sessions are not valid.
| 7027: Screenwriting Expo Closing Ceremony
by Bill Donovan and The Screenwriting Expo Staff |
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