WGF Presents first ever Video Game Writing Workshop - 10/18/08

The Writers Guild Foundation Presents GETTING INTO THE GAME Interactive Writing for Videogames this Saturday, October 18, 10:30 am - 5 pm at the WGAW, 7000 W Third St, Los Angeles.

Television audiences are shrinking, while more people are playing videogames than ever before. What does this mean for writers? How can they use their storytelling skills in this burgeoning medium? What are the rules of the game? Find out at Getting Into the Game.

Speakers Include:
- Dave Ellis (WGA Videogame Writing Award Winner)
- Anne Toole (WGA Videogame Writing Award Nominee)
- Jon Paquette (Medal of Honor series)
- Deborah Todd (Author, Game Design: From Blue Sky to Green Light)
- Jay Lender (Huxley, Destroy All Humans!)
- Micah Wright (Chair, Videogame Writers Caucus)
- Jenna Seiden (Agent, CAA)
- Richard Thompson (Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal LaViolette & Feldman, LLP)
- Danny Bilson (VP of Creative Development, THQ Inc.)
- Tim Langdell (Vice-Chair, Videogame Writers Caucus)
- Flint Dille (Author, The Ultimate Guide to Video Game Writing and Design)
- Larry Tuch (Head Writer, StoryDrive Engine Project at Paramount Pictures)
- Carolyn Handler Miller (Author, Digital Storytelling, 2nd Edition)
- Dean Orion (Show Producer, Walt Disney Imagineering)
- Wade Beckett (Executive Producer, X-Play)
- Adam Sessler (Host, X-Play)
- And more!

Prices: General - $110; WGA & ATAS members with ID - $95; Student, full time with ID - $85

Tickets: www.WGFoundation.org or call 800-838-3006 (includes parking, lunch, evening reception, and raffle)

For full details and the event schedule, go to www.WGFoundation.org.