FREE EVENT = FINDING & DEVELOPING NEW IDEAS

FINDING & DEVELOPING NEW IDEAS
WRITERS STORE - FREE SEMINAR
taught by the authors of
"I Liked It, Didn't Love It: Screenplay Development from the Inside Out"
Rona Edwards and Monika Skerbelis

Saturday, May 3, 2008
11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Edwards and Skerbelis present “Finding & Developing New Ideas.” This free seminar will offer an introductory overall view of finding ideas and developing them into cohesive stories. The lecture will be followed by a Q&A with Edwards & Skerbelis. PLUS One lucky attendee will win Gorilla's Pro Budgeting and Scheduling Software courtesy of Jungle Software(a $399 value). So come early and enter the drawing.

In order to have success at finding and developing your ideas, you need to know how to look for them and then how to structure them on paper. This course will provide valuable tips and resources to help you organize and develop your ideas and get them out of your head and on paper. Knowing how to do this will also help writers, producers and filmmakers alike have a place from which to pitch their ideas and/or jump to the next step: writing the screenplay.

With their upcoming ESE FILM WORKSHOPS ONLINE course, students will work with articles, ads, newspapers and magazines, in order to find new ideas and develop them into pitches and potential ideas for motion pictures that flourish in this 4-week online course.

“Finding & Developing New Ideas” will begin its online workshop on May 14, 2008. The cost for this 4-week workshop is $275 and will cover such topics as:

· Where to find ideas;
· Developing the genre, logline, theme and hook;
· Structuring the idea in a 3-act structure;
· Things to think about before pitching the idea.

SEMINAR DATE:
Saturday, May 3, 2008 (11am - 12:00 pm)
The cost is free! BE SURE & RSVP EARLY – ALL ESE EVENTS ARE USUALLY SRO!

Please RSVP for the Writers Store event by calling one of their friendly product consultants at (800) 272-8927or emailing RSVP@writersstore.com or online at www.StoryLink.com/

SPECIAL WRITERS STORE EVENT DISCOUNT!!
10% off the book, "I Liked It, Didn't Love It: Screenplay Development from the Inside Out" by Rona Edwards and Monika Skerbelis or any other books at the Writers Store for those attending the event. Authors will stick around to autograph copies of their book. PLUS one lucky participant entered into the drawing wil win Gorilla Budgeting and Scheduling Software courtesy of Jungle Software!

ESE FILM WORKSHOPS ONLINE, provides professional instruction in film without leaving your home. Offering user-friendly web access, students need only know how to “click, type, download and read.” For more information on the 4-week online course, "Finding New Ideas” beginning May 14 thru June 4th, and other ESE Film Workshops Online, visit www.esentertainment.net or www.writersstore.com

About the Instructors:
A graduate of California Institute of the Arts, Rona Edwards was Vice President of Creative Affairs for Emmy-winning actor, John Larroquette, Emmy-winning producer, Fern Field and Oscar-winning producer, Michael Phillips. With seven movies to her credit, including Out of Sync (VH1) and The Companion (USA/SciFi), she recently set-up up a feature Matchmakers at Warner Bros. as well as the movie Blind Trust which aired in 2007 on Lifetime Television.

Monika Skerbelis has fifteen years of studio executive experience working in the story department at Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox and running the story department at Universal Pictures. She is the Artistic and Programming Director for the Big Bear Lake International Film Festival. She is a producer with Edwards Skerbelis Entertainment (ESE).

TOGETHER:
Rona Edwards and Monika Skerbelis are the authors of the book, “I Liked It, Didn’t Love It (Screenplay Development from the Inside Out)” published by Lone Eagle. This spring, they kicked off ESE FILM WORKSHOPS ONLINE, offering comprehensive film courses without leaving your home. Currently, they teach "Introduction to Feature Film Development" at UCLA Extension both on campus and online as well as "Story Development Process" at Riverside Community College and "Basic Screenwriting" on campus at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film & Media Arts. Recently, they formed Edwards Skerbelis Entertainment (ESE) a company dedicated to nurturing filmmakers and screenwriting talent. Their Web site (www.esentertainment.net) offers more conclusive information on how they can help with careers in the entertainment industry.