Orientation and Room Assignment
Your Hosts: Pamela and Lew Hunter
Evening
Old-Fashioned Nebraska Campfire and Sauerkraut Pizza
Meet & Greet:
Your Facilitator/Instructor - Lew Hunter
Your Fellow Students
Daily Schedule: Day 2 (Sun) thru Day 13 (Thurs)
9:00
Continental Breakfast & Coffee
Breakfast Seminar:
The Screenwriter's Tools
10:00
Open
11:00
to NOON
Workshop & Feedback
1:00
to
4:00
Private Writing Time
5:00
to
7:00
Scheduled Mentor Time:
Tutoring and Mentoring sessions to be scheduled in 20 minute increments. Facilitators will make themselves available for "formal" appointment time.
Evening
Remaining evening free for writing assignment.
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Please note that participants are responsible for their own afternoon and evening meals.
Daily Syllabus
Day 2
Introduction
Day 3
Three Ideas
Each student will pitch three ideas and receive comments. You will work on the most fertile idea during this workshop.
Day 4
Two-Pagers
2-page (double spaced) treatments or revised three ideas.
Day 5
Two-Pagers
Finish the 2-page treatments.
Day 6
Two-Pagers
Finish the 2-page treatments.
Start Step-Outlines.
Day 7
Continue Step Outlines.
Day 8
Finish Step Outlines.
Day 9
Writing Day.
Day 10
Start Table Reading (10-12 pages).
Day 11
Table Reading (more pages).
Day 12
Table Reading (more pages).
Day 13
Table Reading (more pages).
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