| June 15, 2009 |
| 6:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
It’s BAAAAAAAACK, and coming to TORONTO. The Seminar Formerly Known As TotallyWrite is now bigger and better than ever before and it’s been renamed…
Taught by Emmy, WGA, WGC, and BAFTA nominated screenwriter, producer, and director Jeffrey Alan Schechter, “MY STORY CAN BEAT UP YOUR STORY!” is the only seminar that’s guaranteed to turn your screenplay into the toughest kid on the block.
Filled with new information, tips, and techniques, the “MY STORY CAN BEAT UP YOUR STORY!” way of writing is so simple yet so powerful that Mariner Software now uses it as the muscle behind their amazing Contour Story Development System.
This is no sterile paradigm, but a dynamic system that shows you how to use the major storytelling moments shared by the most popular movies of all time in your own writing. This system is based on simple to understand principles and has been field tested to the tune of millions of dollars worth of writing assignments and script sales.
“MY STORY CAN BEAT UP YOUR STORY!” shines a light on the real power behind all well-crafted screenplays — the common elements the human brain is hardwired to recognize — and shows you how you can use these elements to make your screenplay better than everyone else’s!
At the “MY STORY CAN BEAT UP YOUR STORY!” seminar you’ll learn:
- The key elements that ensure your story isn’t a 90 pound weakling.
- The 4 questions that make sure your hero is a winner, not a wiener.
- How to pitch like a pro and not throw like a sissy with the single-sentence formula that LAYS OUT YOUR ENTIRE SCRIPT.
- The 4 archetypes every great protagonist moves through from “fade in” to “fade out” so they’re heroes and not zeroes.
- How to create a real bad guy that doesn’t punch like your sister.
- How to plot (not plotz) with the 12 foundation beats of ACT ONE, a system of breaking down ACT TWO that is so ruthlessly easy you will never get stuck on page 55 again, and the 4 final beats of ACT THREE that guarantees an ACT THREE that’s the toughest in the schoolyard.
- How not to be afraid of the dark, thanks to the 12 STORY LANDMARKS that your story must, Must, MUST have.
No confusing jargon. No writer “geek speak.” Just liberating, practical, and proven techniques from a working writer, producer, and director. This seminar is perfect for aspiring and working writers as well as novelists, creative executives, assistants, producers, directors, readers…anyone who wants to learn how to keep the big kids from kicking sand in your story’s face!
Take the seminar. Let it percolate in your mind for a week. When that week’s up, if you don’t think that you can say with confidence “MY STORY CAN BEAT UP YOUR STORY!” then send us an email and we will refund 100% of your money, no questions asked.
Praise for Jeffrey Alan Schechter
“Writers have been searching for the perfect story structure paradigm for 2,500 years. Jeff Schechter may have found it. Take that, Aristotle!”
– Ian Abrams, Chairman, Dramatic Writing Program, Drexel University. Writer/ Creator EARLY EDITION, UNDERCOVER BLUES.
“Jeff has an acute understanding of the kind of story structure that makes for successful movies. By analyzing blockbusters he extrapolates a story construction model that is surprisingly simple and universally applicable. And, best of all, it works.”
– Tim Hill, Director. ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS, MAX KEEBLE’S BIG MOVE, MUPPETS IN SPACE
“Screenwriting is an art, and Jeff Schechter conveys both the craft and soul of the trade. A gifted teacher, he provides methods which will help you both structure and elevate your best ideas.”
– David Sacks, Executive Producer/Writer. THE SIMPSONS, MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE
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June 10, 2009 5:39 pm | 
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