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<H1 STYLE="text-align: left;">Giving & Getting Hollywood-Level Feedback</H1>
<H3 STYLE="line-height: 20px; padding-bottom: 15px;">Sponsored by: Final Draft, The M/E/T and NY Screenwriters Co-Op</H3>
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Learn how to make your script even better AND have a chance to win one of 5 FREE copies of the new Final Draft 10 software, now available!
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Even the most ambitious writers make this mistake: they declare their story ready--when it's not.These writers believe that their third or fourth draft of a story, script, or even novel is ready to shop around to literary agents, producers, studios, or publishers. Just because their closest friends give them a thumbs-up, this doesn't mean that their story is ready for show to the movers & shakers who run Hollywood.
Final Draft, NY Screenwriters Co-op, and The M/E/T have assembled a panel of key decision-makers from both Hollywood and New York City to share behind-the-scenes insight on the story development processincluding drafts and rewrites, writing samples, working with producers & literary representation, and open writing assignments. Get insight from literary agents/managers, production company and studio development executives, working writers, writing contest judges, professional script readers, and more!
Hear from our experts what it takes to give the right feedback at different stages of the process (e.g. initial concept, first draft, later drafts, post-sale rewrites, on-set rewrites, etc.). Story notes (not to be confused with the industry term coverage) are integral; if you don't know how to give industry-caliber story notes, then you probably don't know how to properly receive them, either!
Your process shouldn't stop just because you are tired of edits and rewrites. Learn how to incorporate various story notes and feedback toward the final draft.
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Panelists include:
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Jon Schwartz, Critical Content
Jon Schwartz, EP of Persona Non Grata Productions is a former head of Madonna's Maverick Films and former executive at Relativity. He's currently the Head of Comedy at Critical Content, a television production company based in Los Angeles.
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Rob Coleman, Creative Artists Agency
Rob Coleman is a TV Literary and Comedy agent at leading entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA). Rob works in the New York office and represents some of the top leading comedians, performers, writers, directors, and producers. Rob began his career in development, working as a Development Executive at Nickelodeon before joining CAA in 2015. During his time at Nickelodeon, Rob developed some of the networks highest rated programs, and spearheaded the creation and development of The Creative Lab, Nickelodeons first digital content incubator for emerging creators. Prior to that, Rob worked at Imagine Entertainment in their Television division. Rob graduated from Ithaca College with degrees in Cinema & Photography and English.
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Caroline Moore, Pretty Matches Productions Caroline is the Vice President of Pretty Matches Productions, a film and television production company based in New York with a first-look deal at HBO. Carolines television credits include HBO's upcoming comedy series DIVORCE starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Lifetimes THE TWO MR KISSELS starring John Stamos, SUNDAYS AT TIFFANYS starring Alyssa Milano and Stockard Channing, and Hallmark Channel's first original scripted series, CEDAR COVE, starring Andie MacDowell. Caroline is also the proud founder of Miss en Scene, a networking group for women in film and television.
<IMG ALT="" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/8621391/eventbritelogosnycop.png" HEIGHT="150" WIDTH="600">Vanessa King, NY Screenwriters Co-Op Development consultant, Raindance Film School postgraduate program mentor, and freelance story editor Vanessa King is an award-winning screenwriter whose work is consistently named to the industry-wide Diversity List. She's performed numerous times as an invited storyteller for Upright Citizens Brigade-East and The Huffington Post has named her one of their "10 Women You Should Be Following On Twitter". She was a moderator of the New York Screenwriters Collective for six years and in early 2016, co-founded the New York Screenwriters Co-Op, a free-to-the-public group that offers no-cost workshops, feature and pilot-writing instruction, seminars and industry related events to its membership base.
Moderator: Kenneth Ong, Founder "The M/E/T" Kenneth spearheads the New York-based professional networking group "The M/E/T" to unite today's content creators addressing the convergence between Media/Entertainment/Tech. A longtime Los Angeles resident, Kenneth took part in both feature development hell, as well as the TV pilot season process, at The Walt Disney Company. Former judge for the PAGE International Screenwriting Competition, Kenneth had a reputation for being the anonymous judge who wrote more feedback notes than all the other contest judges. Former reader at Original Artists Agency, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, and Lynda Obst Productions, among others, Kenneth realized that "coverage" isn't really helpful feedback that helps a writer improve for the next draft.
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As the event gets closer, more information about our panelists will be revealed!
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RSVP is required but does not guarantee attendance, as seating is limited. Because you must present ID at the door, please be sure to RSVP with your proper name. First-come, first-serve until capacity is reached.
During the event 5 copies of Final Draft 10, The Industry Standard in Screenwriting will be raffled off to those present at the event.
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Following the conclusion of the panel, attendees are welcome to join the panelists for additional networking nearby at Rattle & Hum, 306 West 39th Street, where we have a dedicated space in the back solely for our group.