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THE BLUECAT SCREENWRITING WORKSHOPS

with Gordy Hoffman

The Ten Page Workshop

This workshop will consist of 10 writers each submitting ten pages of a work in progress in advance. We will go over each work individually, discussing the specific, unique challenges each writer is facing on the page. This discussion will include the technical aspects of description and dialogue, the depth and reality of the characters, and how the ten pages reflect where the entire story goes.

The intimate, focused interaction with fellow writers in the workshop will provide all with a greater understanding of the work that lies ahead on their screenplay, and more importantly, a detailed sense of how they might develop as writers themselves.


The First Act Workshop

This workshop will consist of 12 writers each submitting the First Act of a work in progress in advance. We will go over each work individually, discussing specifically how the first act functions in a screenplay as the beginning of a story. This discussion will include the the challenges of organic exposition, the introduction of compelling characters, and how the first act establishes completely why an audience will invest emotionally in your movie.

Each writer will submit their act approximately one week in advance of the workshop and will receive a short written reaction from Gordy alongside their participation in the workshop. Writers will be encouraged to exchange written feedback as well.


Bio of Gordy Hoffman

Winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival for LOVE LIZA, Gordy Hoffman made his feature directorial debut with his script, A COAT OF SNOW, which world premiered at the 2005 Locarno Intl Film Festival. A COAT OF SNOW made its North American Premiere at the Arclight in Hollywood, going on to screen at the Milan Film Festival and the historic George Eastman House. Recently, the movie won the 2006 Domani Vision Award at VisionFest, held at the Tribeca Cinemas in NY. Gordy is the founder and judge of the BlueCat Screenplay Competition. He currently teaches screenwriting at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

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