Upcoming Classes

How do you fish your story out of the ocean of the ideas and then figure out whether to make a meal out of it or throw it back? This hour will be devoted to talking about how to find your story, how to determine the best way to tell it, and what to do with it once you're done. The goal – for both beginners and experienced writers coming from other fields - is to discover what characters, plot, format, and daily work habits will be most effective for getting your project across the finish line.

Dan Greenberger is a three-time winner of Writers Guild awards with many years of experience writing television shows, films, and on-air promotion. Lately, he’s turned his hand to writing novels and is hard at work on a sequel to his well-regarded first book THE BOYS NEXT DOOR. Peter Blauner is a veteran journalist, TV writer (Law & Order, Blue Bloods), and an award-winning NY Times bestselling novelist. They will be using Dan’s latest project as an example of how mentor/friends can work together to develop narrative, structure, and the best practices to move a story from inside the writer’s head to the page.

They’ll discuss the important Big Questions for writers and the equally important Little Ones:

What is your project about? And why are you drawn to it?

Is it a novel, a memoir, a movie or a television show? What’s it like to switch between genres? Which skills are transferrable and which aren’t?

How can you tell if you have an Idea or a Story? And how do you turn your Idea into a story?

How do you determine Point of View? Who gets to tell your Story?

How and when do you figure out What Your Story Is Really About?

What will be Your Daily Practice? How will you do the work of telling your story and getting it from your head to the page?

What do you do when you run into a roadblock? How do you keep from getting demoralized?

How and when do you bring others into the process of telling your story?

And how do you protect your vision once others are involved?