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Holiday Season ~ No event scheduled…

Event Date: Saturday, December 22, 2012 || Holiday || Due to the Holiday Season ~ Christmas, Hanukkah & Kwanzaa ~ there will be no meeting schedule on this date. Have a wonderful and safe Holiday Season! Join us on the Fourth Saturday every month at: Showbiz Store & Cafe 500 S. Sepulveda Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90049 Any […]

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Mastering the Power of Story

Event Date: Saturday, January 5 thru Sunday, January 6, 2013 || Speaker: Patrick A. Horton, PhD || Check-in: 8:30am || Regardless of your specific roles or goals in the changing worlds of story, media, and proactive social change… Make 2013 your year of massive transformation, accomplishment, fulfillment and success. Take charge of your life, stories, work, and career.   Patrick […]

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1 Sentence Pitching

  Article by Steve Kaire: I’ve heard thousands of pitches in my thirty years as a screenwriter. What I’ve found is that the majority of pitches were too long, unfocused and boring. First of all, you should pitch what your story is about, not what happens in your story. Pitching what happens in your story […]

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Three Act Structure – Tool Not A Rule

Event Date: Saturday, November 17, 2012 || Speaker: Barney Lichtenstein || Check-in: 12:30 pm || Whether it’s a villain with a gun or a mother fighting for her son in “Kramer vs. Kramer”, the underlying principles of three act structures remain the same. A half hour action TV show will be screened and compared with the Oscar winning “Kramer” (best screenplay, best […]

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