Junction Special Class

How to Create Characters Readers Want to Spend Time With

With Corey Mandell

Sunday, June 26th

12:00pm-4:00pm

At The Writers Junction

1001 Colorado Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90401

Limited Seats Available

General Admission: $40

***Junction Members: Check your e-mail for discount code!***

Attendees must buy tickets here:

http://www.createcharacters.eventbrite.com

open to members & non-members

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Do your characters have enough character?

Only 25 spots are available -- be sure to grab one before they'e all taken!

This will be a hands-on workshop.

From Corey:

Many of the professional screenwriters I know say they know people with far more natural ability than themselves who do not have careers, and will never have careers, because of their writing process. Process is how we write, how we create our characters and stories.

Psychologists note some people’s natural process is to create conceptually while others use a more intuitive approach. Conceptualists tend to write outside in, starting with concept or situation. Intuitives tend to write inside out, starting with character or theme. The result is that conceptualists tend to craft well-structured scripts populated by less-than-compelling characters while intuitives tend to write strong characters and dialogue, but their scripts lack sufficient structure.

Successful writers are able to write both conceptually and intuitively. They get the best of both worlds.

About Corey:

Corey is also a distinguished instructor at UCLA, where he earned his MFA.  His students have gone on to sell or option scripts to Warner Brothers, Paramount, Sony Pictures, Disney, Fox, Fox 2000, MGM, Universal, Showtime, USA Network and Lifetime. Others have gained admission to the USC Graduate Screenwriting Program, the AFI Conservatory Screenwriting Program and Sundance Screenwriter's Lab.

From Corey's Students:

No one, and I mean no one, is teaching what Corey is teaching.  This is the best workshop I have ever attended.  There is no way to describe how beneficial it is.  I always felt close as a screenwriter, but after taking this workshop I was able to make the necessary changes in my writing and recently sold my first script to Paramount.
~Michael Helvin, writer of The Lesser Heart.

I'd written 11 screenplays without any success. During that time I read every screenwriting book and attended all the seminars. After four weeks with Corey I FINALLY knew why my scripts didn't work, and more importantly, what to do about it. I used everything he taught me to write a script that landed me a manager and then my first script option. THANK YOU. ~Monica Owens, writer of Timebends

Every client I sent to work with Corey has taken great leaps and bounds. His techniques are ingenious, unique and valuable for both beginners and seasoned professionals.  I can't recommend it enough.
~Jeff Graup, Literary Manager, Graup Entertainment

 Corey's instruction is ground-breakingly brilliant. I received my MFA in Filmmaking where I took dozens of screenwriting courses.  My thesis film won the Gold Medal at the Student Academy Awards.  I have representation as a writer/director.  I have written five screenplays in the last two years.  I've read every book there is on the subject.  I don't say this to brag.  I say this to make a point.  Corey's class is the biggest wake up call of my life.  I have devoted tremendous time, effort, and money to the craft of screenwriting, yet Corey's class is the best investment of them all.   I've never witnessed such drastic improvement in my writing in just a few short weeks.    ~Patrick Alexander, writer and director of Rundown 

Over the years, I've developed an impressive distaste for screenwriting courses.  Most offer little more than paint by numbers formulas and inapplicable industry advice.  But Corey's class is the exception to the rule.  It was a wake up call to me.  Corey's teaching method is so unique, so singular, and effective it made me wonder how I ever wrote without it.  It's hands down, the best class out there!
~Gary Lundy, writer of A Happening of Monumental Proportions and  Stache

Taking Corey's class was the single best thing I've done. I learned more from working with Corey than from all the other books and classes I've encountered put together. I can't sing his praises enough.
~Lauren Ludwig, ABC's The Gates

Corey is by far the best writing teacher I've ever had and taught me techniques I had never heard of before or since.  After finishing his class I landed an agent and my first produced writing credit on the A&E show The Beast.  I sill consult the notes from Corey's class in my writing as they've been indispensable.
~Keith Schreier

After taking Corey's seminar I had a whole new perspective on what makes a film great.  The techniques and tools he gave us applied to every client's screenplay, regardless of genre, and I'm amazed that no one has taught this approach previously. I highly recommend people take the time to hear what he has to say and absorb it.
~Richard Demato, Literary Manager and Partner, Fuse Entertainment

I feel as if I've been liberated from Story Structure Hell.  I never could fit myself into those formulas and yet felt guilty and inadequate that I was unable to make it work according to their edicts. It always felt constricting and wrong.  Thank you for showing me a sane way out. 
~Jennifer Hoffman