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SUMMARY:Pitching on Paper: Creating a TV Series Proposal
DESCRIPTION:Six Wednesdays\, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. \nMarch 16 to April 20 \n  \nOpen to all \nLimited to 12 participants \n  \nYou’re armed with a great elevator pitch for a new television\, documentary or digital series idea\, and your friends\, family and colleagues have encouraged you to pitch it to a broadcaster. The challenge is to move that idea from the confines of your creative imagination and into a well-structured and detailed concept. \n  \nIn this 6-week workshop participants will expand\, develop\, structure\, break down\, and build up show ideas into full-blown proposals\, ready to present to a network or production executive. \n  \nFor those who don’t have a show idea at the ready\, the first workshop will help you get those creative juices flowing to take a concept through the development process. \n  \nWeek 1 – Elevator Pitch \nThe idea. \n  \nWeek 2 – First Page \nThe beginning is crucial. \n  \nWeek 3 – Structure  \nHow it works. \n  \nWeek 4 – Writing  \nGiving it life. \n  \nWeek 5 – Rewriting \nThe perfect life. \n  \nWeek 6 – The Full Pitch \nIt’s showtime. \n  \n  \nJennifer McAuley has produced and written hundreds of hours of television for over 30 years and developed new series and concepts for production companies throughout North America. Her most recent credits include Restoration Garage\, My Worst Nightmare and Million Dollar Genius. She is currently working with Cineflix Montreal on Patrick Ayree’s Wild World for Love Nature. \n  \nAs past head of production and development with various companies in Toronto\, and executive producer with CBC and TVO\, Jennifer has received and evaluated hundreds of pitches\, and consulted on numerous TV show ideas. She has a Bachelor of Applied Arts in Journalism. \n  \nwww.filltheframe.org
URL:https://qwf.org/event/pitching-on-paper-creating-a-tv-series-proposal/2022-03-30/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Narrative Non-Fiction: Creating Scenes
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays\, 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. \nMarch 16 to May 4 \n  \nThis workshop is open to writers who have already taken a writing workshop or  published at least one short piece of prose fiction or non-fiction. \n  \nLimited to 12 participants \n  \nNarrative non-fiction took off in the 1960s\, when writers like Tom Wolfe\, Joan Didion\, and Gay Talese started using the techniques of fiction writers to tell true stories. Sometimes called New Journalism\, the genre exploded when fiction writers like Truman Capote and Norman Mailer switched over to non-fiction\, attaining major critical and popular praise. The ever-increasing demand for non-fiction writing highlights readers’ desire to connect with stories that make sense of their surroundings. \n  \nNarrative non-fiction blends reporting\, research\, and storytelling. In this workshop we’ll learn about how to write scenes that are true to life. Instead of simply stating what happened\, we’ll explore how to create a scene\, as a screenwriter or novelist might. Your task will be to impose a narrative on reality – and make it interesting to readers. We’ll talk about the techniques behind writing about your own experience\, and about documenting other people’s lives. We’ll discuss what constitutes non-fiction – and what doesn’t. We’ll speak about how to get access to places off-limits to most civilians\, how to approach interesting characters\, and how to interview them. We’ll also speak about mining rich veins of source material from dusty old books\, or weird scientific studies\, or unusual academic treatises. \n  \nEach of you will be asked to present one piece of writing to the group\, which will be workshopped by the group. (Participants will read and discuss each other’s writing.) I will also hand out some examples of narrative non-fiction to illustrate what it is we’re speaking about. These will also inform and inspire your own work in the workshop. No advance work is required for the workshop\, but do have an idea of what you’d like to work on in our time together. In our second session\, we’ll be discussing what each student plans on workshopping.  \n  \n  \nAdam Leith Gollner is the author of The Book of Immortality\, The Fruit Hunters\, and Working in the Bathtub: Conversations with the Immortal Dany Laferrière. The former editor of Vice Magazine\, his writing has appeared in The New York Times\, Vanity Fair\, The Paris Review\, Travel + Leisure\, and The New Yorker online.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/narrative-non-fiction-creating-scenes/2022-03-30/
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