Please note that the schedule is subject to change based on speaker's schedules and availability.
Day 1: Monday, July 24
8:30 am
Breakfast/Check-in
9:00 am
The Act One Difference
James Duke
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am
The History of Hollywood
James Duke
12:15 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm
Characters
Thom Parham
3:30 pm
Break
3:45 pm
Redemptive Storytelling
Thom Parham
Day 2: Tuesday, July 25
8:30 am
Breakfast/Check-in
9:00 am
Premise to Plot
Bill Marsilii
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am
Writing from a Christian Aesthetic
Bill Marsilii
12:15 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm
Beautiful Movies
Barbara Nicolosi
3:30 pm
Break
3:45 pm
Tough Storytelling
Barbara Nicolosi
Day 3: Wednesday, July 26
8:30 am
Breakfast/Check-in
9:00 am
7 Essential Plot Points
Andrea Nasfell
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am
Structure Methods for Feature Films
Andrea Nasfell
12:15 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm
Finding Your Voice
Jim Krueger
3:30 pm
Break
3:45 pm
World Building
Jim Krueger
Day 4: Thursday, July 27
8:30 am
Breakfast/Check-in
9:00 am
Theme
Nathan Scoggins
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am
Pitching
Nathan Scoggins
12:15 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm
Writing for Animation & Kids
Butch Hartman
3:30 pm
Break
3:45 pm
Visual Storytelling
Leo Partible
Day 5: Friday, July 28
8:30 am
Breakfast/Check-in
9:00 am
Writing Your Credo
Chris Dalton
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am
1/2 Hr. Television Writing
Michael Warren
12:15 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm
Writing is Re-writing
Sheryl Anderson
3:30 pm
Break
3:45 pm
1 Hour Television Writing
Sheryl Anderson
Day 6: Saturday, July 29
**We will be joining the Producing Class for the entire day.**
8:30 am
Breakfast/Check-in
9:00 am
Cinematic Language, Part 1
Tom Provost
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am
Producing
Howard Kazanjian
12:15 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm
Giving Notes
Barbara Nicolosi
3:30 pm
Break
3:45 pm
Learning the Cinematic Language of Transformation
Bobette Buster
Day 7: Monday, July 31
8:30 am
Breakfast/Check-in
9:00 am
Genre
Leo Partible
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am
CPID
Leo Partible
12:15 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm
Writing your credo - exercise
Class
3:00 pm
Screen JESSICA JONES Episode
Class
3:45 pm
Breaking Down an Episode of Jessica Jones
James Duke & Scott Reynolds
Day 8: Tuesday, August 1
8:30 am
Breakfast/Check-in
9:00 am
Writing the Credo
Class
10:30 am
Break
10:30 am
What then shall we write?
Dean Batali
12:15 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm
Plotting a Feature & Adapting it into a Novel
Jennifer Dornbush
3:30pm
Break
3:45 pm
Dialogue
Thom Parham
Day 9: Wednesday, August 2
8:30 am
Breakfast/Check-in
10:00 am
Beat Sheets, Outlines, etc.
Steve Storm
10:30 am
Break
11:45 am
Screenplay Formatting
Steve Storm
1:00 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm
Adapting Existing Properties for Studios & Pitching Them
Kevin Chesley
3:30 pm
Break
3:45 pm
Casting
Sunny Boling
Day 10: Thursday, August 3
8:30 am
Breakfast/Check-in
9:00 am
Development Game
Andrea Nasfell
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am
TBA
Jonathan Vermeer
12:15 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm
Interview with Andrew Klavan
James Duke, Moderating
3:30 pm
Break
3:45 pm
Life On and Off the Blacklist
Jimmy Duke, Geoff Tok, Greg Weidman
Day 11: Friday, August 4
8:30 am
Breakfast/Check-in
9:00 am
Changing Culture
James Duke
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am
Life in Hollywood
Jim & Karen Covell
12:15 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm
Why Stories Matter
Chris Dalton
3:00 pm
Screen RECTIFY
Class
3:45 pm
Breaking Down RECTIFY Episode
Scott Teems
Day 12: Saturday, August 5
**Please note the morning with be spent at the Writers Guild of America office in Los Angeles. We will then head to lunch at The Grove.
9:00 am
Writers Guild of America Tour
Chuck Slocum
10:00 am
Writers Guild and the business of Writing in Hollywood
Chuck Slocum
12:00 pm
Lunch
The Grove
2:00 pm (First Pres of Hollywood)
Writing & Directing
Charlie Carner
2:00 pm (First Pres of Hollywood)
Pitching Your Testimony
Jim Krueger