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Science 2010-08-25 2 min read

Tools of the Screenwriting Trade Teleclass - Brought to you by the National Writing for Children Center

Tools of the Screenwriting Trade: The Business of Being a Screenwriter: by Esther Luttrell. This 6-weeks series of 90-minute teleclasses is designed to teach you everything you need to know to write a screenplay that will get read.

TAPPAN, NY, August 25, 2010

Tools of the Screenwriting Trade: The Business of Being a Screenwriter: by Esther Luttrell. This 6-weeks series of 90-minute teleclasses is designed to teach you everything you need to know to write a screenplay that will get read. It's not too late to join the series since all classes are recorded. Visit http://www.getrealresources.com for more information.

The fourth teleclass in the 6-week series presented by screenwriter Esther Luttrell takes place tonight, August 23, at 7:00 CDT. If you want to learn how to make your writing more visual, how to pace your stories to keep readers interested, and how to generally just write a good story, not to mention a good screenplay, then you won't want to miss this fun and informative series of teleclasses.

Esther will show you all the "tricks of the trade" for writing a screenplay and getting it read by those who matter.

Session 1 topics: To Agent or Not to Agent, How Long is a Screenplay, Assembling the Writer's Toolbox, Story Treatments, Finding a Producer, Creating a Rough Draft, and Creating the Screenplay.

Session 2 topics: The Format, the Language, the Profession, 30 Mistakes Most New Writers Make and How to Avoid Them, Slug Lines, Slug Lines Within a Scene (interior and exterior), Night and Day, Which is the One?

Session 3 topics: Opening Narratives, Caps in Dialogue, Directing the Director, Setting the Scene, Mysterious Strangers & Unseen Characters, Mysterious Mutterings & Background Conversation, and Dialogue The Writer Doesn't Write.

Session 4 topics: Ah! The Sight of Your Sound, Back On Scene, The Abbrev. Version, Using and Abusing Quotation Marks, Repetitious Words Repeated, Flashbacks, Montages, Quick Cuts, and Series of Shots, and Character Names & Naming Characters.

Session 5 topics: O.C., O.S., V.O., Name Calling, Dialogue (continued), Phone Conversations, Intercutting Phone Scenes, Dialogue, Talking the Talk, The True Story of Dots and Dashes, Exposing Exposition, Just Put It On The Tab, and Ending Your Script Page.

Session 6 topics: Writing For, and Selling to, Television, Understanding How TV Shows are Created and Who Runs Programming, Cable vs. Networks, Internet viewing & the DVD market, A Release Form, The One Page, Contests, Pitch Sessions, Where are the cons and How to Spot Them, and What Rejection Really Means.

Phew! The total cost for this 6-week series of 90-minute teleclasses is ONLY $36.00. Wow! That's an incredible value you won't find anywhere else.

Visit Get Real Resources http://www.getrealresources.com today and register for this worthwhile teleclass.

Full Media Kit and more are available upon request electronically.

CONTACT: Suzanne Lieurance, The Working Writer's Coach
Email: suzanne@workingwriterscoach.com
Website: http://writingforchildrencenter.com