NBC Universal Women Writers Workshop

The Women Writers Workshop will follow the Feature Film Writing Program. It will target intermediate women screenwriters who have a treatment or first draft, and will work toward the development of their next draft of a feature script.

Each evening will consist of interactive discussions of the submitted treatments. Each session will build on the previous session so that, for example, development of character will be strongly related to the theme under exploration, while the structure will be determined by choices of action for the character. It will focus on script development and building on concepts introduced in the Feature Film Writing Program emerging module.

Registrants may also be interested in the Feature Film Writing Program.

Instructor:
Maureen Dorey, Story Editor Consultant (more...)

Registrants must submit a detailed treatment or first draft and must be working toward a draft of a feature script.

Location: 110 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 502
Date: New, September 18, 23 and 25, 2008
Registration: 5:30pm-6:00pm
Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm
Fee (3 Part Series): $195 + GST Members, $285 + GST Non-members
To Apply: Please email wift@wift.com with “Women Writers Workshop” in the title, with a resume and treatment, or complete a registration form. Treatment samples are available upon request.

* Cancellation of registration with more than 3 business days notice is subject to a $25.00 administration fee; for cancellation with less than 3 business days notice, no refund will be given. WIFT-T reserves the right to cancel, reschedule or substitute guest instructors as necessary. Should the workshop be cancelled, WIFT-T will issue a full refund or credit the fee to another WIFT-T Professional Development program.


Maureen Dorey
Maureen Dorey is a freelance analyst and story editor who helps writers renew their inspiration and find their voices. Her production credits include: A Stone's Throw (writer/director Camelia Frieberg), Moccasin Films, Season II, Random Passage, an eight-hour mini-series directed by John N. Smith, produced by Passage Films and Cité-Amérique for broadcast on CBC and RTE (Eire), and Mile Zero,, a feature film produced by Anagram Films. Other credits include The Mysteries of Ice Fishing by writer-director Paul Fox for Sienna Films, Extraordinary Visitor, The War Between Us; Lyddie, Violet and On My Mind, 6 x 30 min. children¹s dramas. She has acted as consultant to the National Screen Institute, Praxis Film Works and B.C. Film, and has been Story Editor in Residence to the Canadian Film Centre for the past four years. Working with the Feature Film Project, she was story editor on four produced Canadian Film Centre Feature Film Projects: The Dark Hours, Siblings, Horsie's Retreat and Show Me.

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