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UPDATES:
2005:
Watch
www.EntertainmentCareers.net
for Blair Richwood's Spring seminar:
"Nuts & Bolts of Development" for those just
breaking into development. This half-day course will bring you up to speed
with the straight talk on who's who, what's what, and how you can be a part
of it. With a great workbook packed with tips and guides, you don't want
miss it! (Read what students say about Blair's teaching style.)
APPEARANCES:
2004:
If you local screenwriters don't know about StoryBoard, you're
missing a great group and an invaluable education. Blair was their November
speaker at Sony, discussing Jon Turteltaub and Jerry Bruckheimer's smash
hit script, NATIONAL TREASURE, the week before it released.
(For more on the monthly StoryBoard Development Group, query Scott
Burnell: sburnell@earthlink.net)
In May, Blair was pleased to hold a development seminar for the talented
winners of the Hartley-Merrill International Screenwriting Prize,
after judging this fine contest for them again in April. Founded
by RKO Pictures chairman Ted Hartley and RKO vice-chair, actress Dina
Merrill in conjunction with the WGA, Robert Redford, Nikita Mikhalkov
and David Puttnam, among others, the contest is designed to help screenwriters
outside the United States learn how to refine their scripts "American-style."
First prize was $10 000 in cash for the winning writer.
You pitch, Blair polishes! If
you attended Blair's "Nuts & Bolts of the Pitch" seminar
at Carlos de Abreu's HollywoodAwards.com Spring pitch event: "Sell
Your Story to Hollywood Buyers" on Saturday, March 20, 2004,
you learned about pitching to insiders -- from insiders.
If you missed these terrific panels, visit www.HollywoodAwards.com
for the next one.
2003: Blair
enjoyed meeting new screenwriters at Carlos de Abreu's HollywoodAwards.com
fall pitch event: "Sell Your Story to Hollywood Buyers"
on Saturday, November 15, 2003. Attendees of panels
and seminars learned about pitching your story to insiders
-- from insiders. Call or visit www.HollywoodAwards.com for more details.
Congratulations to the Hollywood
Black Film Festival Storyteller Contest Winners!
Blair joined producers Ann Carli (CROSSROADS) and Gary Goldstein
(PRETTY WOMAN) at a roundtable in June to offer advice, tips and
insight for the winners to apply to their careers.
Blair's two How to Do Notes Workshops in March
and May were again very successful for the assistants and CEs
who attended. If you'd like to join a four-person/four hour intensive
Saturday workshop to expand and improve your notes please
call Blair at 310-821-4458.
January hosted Blair's How to Do Notes Workshop
-- if you missed the last one, don't put it off any longer. If
you'd like to arrange for a four person/four hour intensive Saturday
workshop to expand and improve your development notes and script
skills, please call Blair at 310-821-4458. It's easy to
set up, easy to afford, and invaluable to your career. And it's
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2002: In
November, Blair explained "Who's Who in the Development
Food Chain" for Davis Entertainment's
Nicholas Thurkettle's new Screenwriting course for Cal State LA
and Illinois' Bradley University (via net broadcast). Does your
screenwriting group want the straight talk from an industry vet?
Contact
our office for a memorable learning experience.
In October,
the Dallas Screenwriters Association hosted Blair's lively
seminar: "The Screenwriter as Athlete: Practical
Tactics for the Pitch, the Block, the Free Throw and Other Inside
Moves" in Dallas, Texas. Request a copy of their newsletter
to see what you missed at www.DallasScreenwriters.com.
In September, Blair led a rousing night of development
at StoryBoard on the Kathryn Bigelow feature THE WEIGHT
OF WATER (adapted from Anita Shreve's book by Alice Arlen and
Christopher Kyle). She clarified the revision process
with practical tips and a creative approach. (For more about
the monthly StoryBoard Development Group, query Scott Burnell:
sburnell@earthlink.net)
In August,
the Selling to Hollywood Screenwriters Conference hosted
Blair Richwood's popular workshop: "Taking The Meeting"
and her personal pitch coaching sessions -- both big hits.
The American Screenwriters Association (ASA) is an international
group for new screenwriters based in Ohio .
In May, Blair's
HOW TO "DO NOTES" WORKSHOP for New
CEs and Assistants on the Rise left everyone better informed,
more confidant, with smart tools and new connections for careers
in development. More details at Private
Workshops.
In early Spring, Blair was proud to judge for the Hartley-Merrill
International Screenwriting Prize Competition.
The winners were announced at the Nestle Pavilion at the Cannes
Film Festival, offering incredible stories from all across the
globe -- for more information on the contest, email: foundation@rko.com.
Blair also joined Jeff Arch and Gary
Goldstein in judging the "$10,000 ASA/Writer's
Digest International Screenplay Competition" finalists.
Want to enter a contest yourself? Email Richwood Script
Consultants for Blair's guide to the Most Common Script Submission
Problems and Solutions.
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HEY
OUT-OF-TOWNERS! Did you meet Blair at the:
Bradley
University of Illinois'
screenwriting course via LA broadcast?
Dallas
Screenwriters Association meeting in Texas?
Willamette
Writers Conference in Portland at her Pitching
Workshop or her Adaptation Seminar?
North
Carolina Writers Network conference Pitching
Class she held in Wake-Forrest?
NCWN's
Screenwriter's Conference in Raleigh on the
panel for "Breaking Into the Business"? (Read
her advice to out-of-state writers at Richwood's
Interview in the Independent Weekly).
If so -- keep in touch with "your friend in Hollywood."
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you're new to development, attend Blair Richwood's next
introductory half-day Seminar: NUTS & BOLTS OF DEVELOPMENT,
on an upcoming Saturday. Created for her UCLA Extension
seminar, Blair's last session on the UCLA Campus was a big hit.
Call 310-821-4458 for details. (See what others
have said about her course.)
"ASSISTANTS: Getting
On & Promoted Off the Desk" Got to get onto or off of that desk?
Join a new 1-day Seminar geared to boost your
career. Call for dates and details: 310-821-4458.
(Assistants and newcomers should read
Richwood's interview for InTheBiz:
full of tips, insights and perspective.) Looking for a
change? Visit Brad Hall's collection of industry jobs
at EntertainmentCareers.net.
Welcome
to our latest international client in Spain.
Joining Blair Richwood's writing, directing and producing clients
in Seoul, London, Singapore, Montreal, Munich, Ontario, Paris,
Toronto and Sydney! (Working abroad? Send your script
as an e-mail attachment -- fast and economical.) |
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Intensive
Workshops on "Writing
Better Notes" for the Story Executive and "Developing
Your Script" for Screenwriters are now forming.
Blair Richwood offers two-day intensives in a secure, confidential,
professional arena for hands-on training to boost your career.
Weekends for Executives; Weekdays for Writers, limited to 6 persons
only. Please call for information and dates: 310-821-4458.
Judging hundreds of scripts
to find the winning recipients of the North
Carolina Arts Council's $32,000 in grants for Screenwriters
& Playwrights was an honor in 2001. (Would your script
pass strict admissions standards? Request our "Guide
to Contest Entries.")
Garry Marshall's
THE
OTHER SISTER, bearing Ms. Richwood's
shared "Story By" credit from a collaboration
in 1991, is on your video shelves now -- learn more at the Internet Movie Database. |
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