 | John Truby's 3-Day Story and Screenwriting Master Class
John Truby is Hollywood's premier and most sought-after screenwriting instructor and story consultant.
Over the last 25 years, more than 35,000 writers have attended his sold-out seminars around the world, with the American Film Institute declaring that "Truby's course allows a writer to succeed in the fiercely competitive climate of Hollywood."
Called "the most authoritative voice on story in film and TV," Truby regularly serves as a story consultant for major studios and production companies worldwide, and has been a script doctor on more than 1,000 movies, sitcoms and television dramas for the likes of Disney, Sony Pictures, FOX, HBO, Alliance Atlantis, Paramount, the BBC, MTV and more.
Truby's former students' work have earned more than fifteen billion at the box office, and include the writers, directors and producers of such blockbusters as In Treatment, Pirates of the Caribbean, District 9, Mary Mother of Christ (2012 with Al Pacino), The Family Guy, Ratatouille, X-Men I/II/III, Shrek, The Academy Awards, The Surrogate (2012 with Halle Berry), House, Lost, Planet of the Apes, Scream, The West Wing, The Fantastic Four, The Negotiator, Star Wars, Sleepless in Seattle, Outbreak, African Cats (which Truby co-wrote for Disney) and more. His classes regularly attract everyone from first-time writers to A-list writers, producers, directors, filmmakers, story executives, novelists, fiction writers and more. Truby's class is known as the "writer's writing class" because it's taken by so many top working writers in television and fi lm.
In addition to his standing-room-only classes, John Truby remains on the cutting-edge of technology having created and developed Truby Blockbuster - the bestselling software designed to intuitively help writers learn and understand the art of developing their story ideas into fully realized, professionally structured-scripts.
Truby's principles and methods are the most modern, exciting approach to screenwriting to be developed in a generation, which is why his classes regularly attract everyone from Oscar-winners to first time writers. Don't miss this rare opportunity to study with John Truby live.
| | What The Pros Say |
"Truby's screenwriting class is a course that allows a writer to succeed in the fiercely competitive climate of Hollywood." - American Film Institute
"Truby provides [principles] both to elicit and keep track of the multitude of ideas and details that emerge in transforming the first vague musings into the finished project." - The New York Times
"We worked with the great story consultant John Truby...[With him, we met our] objective to develop a character driven story that would grip the audience." - Award-winning filmmaker Keith Schoely
| | What You'll Learn |
Over three intense days, John Truby will cover the entire spectrum of story and genres including:
Day 1
How to find the perfect story design * Three confusions that hurt writers * Uncovering the myth of 3-act story structure * Seven Steps to deep structure * Creating the single driving force * Variations to classic story structure * Key weaknesses of myth, fairy tale and drama * Developing a great premise * Building the hero from the ground up * How the "character web" works * True character change and how to write it * Five Major character changes
Day 2
The 22 building blocks of every great script * Pacing by character growth, not page number * Keys to the perfect opponent * Creating the visual world * Using the subplot * Setting the tag line * Building the reveals * Choosing the right story shape * Creating the strong middle * The trick to scene sequencing * How to write 3-track dialogue * Secrets of building the scene * Dialogue that increases the conflict
Day 3
Detailed Analysis of the Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime, Detective, Fantasy, Horror, Love, Masterpiece, Myth, SciFi, Thriller and Mixed Genres * What each genre really means * Sequencing the moral elements of the story * The central theme of each form * Key structure techniques for each genre * Mixing genres: The best strategies for story success * Bending the genre rules for originality * Techniques for transcending each genre
| |  | | Los Angeles Master Class - March 9-11, 2012 |
John Truby's 3-Day Anatomy Of Story Master Class
When: March 9-11, 2012
Times: 9:30am to 6:00pm each day
Where: Westin Hotel - 5400 West Century Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90045
Fee: $545 To Register: Need a Hotel? If you're coming in from out of town and need a hotel, we've made special arrangements with the Westin to offer our participants a special rate of only $99/night (normally $139-$179!). To book, please click to the Westin's custom Truby reservation page (click here) or call the hotel directly at 310-216-5858. | | | New York Master Class - March 23-25, 2012 |
John Truby's 3-Day Anatomy Of Story Master Class
When: March 23-25, 2012
Times: 9:30am to 6:00pm each day
Where: Doubletree Hotel Times Square - 1568 Broadway, New York, NY 10036
Fee: $545 To Register: Need A Hotel? We've compiled a great list of nearby hotels offering competitive hotel rates for New York City (and for NY, these are pretty great prices!). Please e-mail us and we'll be happy to shoot it over to you. | | | ---------------
Arc Pictures - Seeking Family Friendly Drama Scripts, Canadian Writers
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We are looking for completed feature-length family drama scripts by Canadian writers. Submissions should have a positive or upbeat ending, i.e. something in the vein of “About a Boy,” “Sunshine Cleaning,” “Dear Frankie,” “Big Night,” “Big Fish,” “Cinema Paradiso” or “'Café de Flore.”
Budget will not exceed $5 million. WGC and non-WGC writers may submit. Please note that, due to tax and financing reasons, we are only open to submissions from Canadian citizens or landed immigrants at this point in time.
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